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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3178598, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">I think the restitution coinage of Titus is especially lovely as exemplified by this Sestertius:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000titres.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>RIC Vol. II (1962 edition), TITUS, SESTERTIUS - CLAUDIUS RESTITUTION ISSUE, Rome, No. 234</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>New RIC II, Part 1 (second edition): Claudius No. 472</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>80-81 AD,</i> (34.5mm, 24.3gm)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Personification of Spes</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>IMP T VESP AVG REST - S C</b> (left and right)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Titus was a Military Tribune in Britain AD 60-63</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Edit: or should it be RESTORATION coinage? - see following posts.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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