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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 4283490, member: 93702&quot;]Well after a year or so of casually (well - at times intensely) looking for a bronze of Titus – this arrived today! Extremely excited to add my first Titus to my collection!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also a plus that it arrived before our civilization collapsed<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> – timing is everything!</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin certainly has its problems as you can see but I kept coming back to it as I could not get the portrait out of my mind. With the legend and reverse issues I just couldn’t justify the price being asked. Other options came and went – but I compared them all to this – in the end the coin decided its next custodian. Trying to balance price with what you personally see as important in any given coin is an interesting process. I am sure this coin would rate very low in all categories by a slabbing service – but the portrait artistry really hooked me, and I kept coming back. Frankly if the coin had no issues I would never be able to afford it..</p><p><br /></p><p>My solution on the price? I had another coin target from the same seller – so I combined the two and made an offer. We came to a very fair agreement at a price point we both seemed happy with. He accepted payment over a couple of installments – so after all of this time it certainly feels great to finally have the coin in hand!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1089925[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1089926[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4">Titus AE As. AD 80</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="4">OBV: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII Laureate head left</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="4">REV:&nbsp; PAX AVGVST S-C, Pax standing left, holding branch and caduceus</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Question on references… I do not own RIC.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left">The seller references RIC II 236, Windwinds has the same attribution but quotes RIC 230. I own Sear and it looks like Sear 2549 – but he cross references that to RIC 129(b)</p><p>Luckily we have no shortage of Flavian experts here – so if you do not mind helping with my attribution it would be greatly appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of Titus or whatever you feel is relevant...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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