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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 7579632, member: 82616&quot;]Recently I was very pleased to add my first coin from Berytus, a Titus Caesar &#039;founder&#039; type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306358[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus as Caesar [Vespasian]</b></p><p>Æ24, 14.20g</p><p>Berytus mint, undated</p><p>Obv: IMP T CAESAR AVG F; Head of Titus, bare, l.</p><p>Rev: COL IVL AVG; Veiled figure ploughing to r., with two oxen</p><p>RPC 2045 (10 spec.).</p><p>Acquired from London Ancient Coins, May 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Roman colony of Berytus struck an undated issue of bronze coinage under Vespasian for both himself and Titus Caesar. The coins feature Latin legends with the traditional reverse type of a founder ploughing with two oxen. The ploughing ritual depicted is the creation of a boundary known as the <i>sulcus primigenius</i>, the first furrow, which delineated the line of the <i>pomerium</i>. The <i>pomerium</i> was a city’s ritual boundary which demarcation the sacred from the profane. The creation of this boundary was the first step in the foundation of a new colony. Berytus became a Roman colony in 14 BC during the reign of Herod the Great.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your &#039;founder&#039; types![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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