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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 4025150, member: 74968"]Very excited about this one. A while back I picked up a Titus denarius with the trophy and bound captive on the reverse. I really liked this design for Titus so I started looking for the left facing version. It turns out, the left facing version is rare. There are only 2 types of denarii with this reverse and a left facing portrait. They are RIC 31 and RIC 50. The one below is RIC 50. Both RIC 31 and RIC 50 are R2 (very few examples known). For RIC 31 I see 4 examples on Acsearch and for RIC 50 I see 3 (mine is one of the 3).</p><p><br /></p><p>I won this coin today from an Artemide Aste auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Though I have been looking for more Domitian rarities, lately I been finding Titus rarities. It seems a bunch of rare ones have appeared in the last few months.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of Titus.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Titus (Caesar, 69-79). AR Denarius</p><p>(18mm, 3.26g, 6h). Rome, AD 79.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head l.</p><p>Rev: Jewish captive kneeling r. before trophy.</p><p>RIC II 50; RSC 297.</p><p>Ex: Bertolami Fine arts E Live Auction 38 Lot 610 December 11, 2016</p><p>Ex: Artemide Aste E Live Auction 11 Lot 362 January 26, 2020</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058312[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 4025150, member: 74968"]Very excited about this one. A while back I picked up a Titus denarius with the trophy and bound captive on the reverse. I really liked this design for Titus so I started looking for the left facing version. It turns out, the left facing version is rare. There are only 2 types of denarii with this reverse and a left facing portrait. They are RIC 31 and RIC 50. The one below is RIC 50. Both RIC 31 and RIC 50 are R2 (very few examples known). For RIC 31 I see 4 examples on Acsearch and for RIC 50 I see 3 (mine is one of the 3). I won this coin today from an Artemide Aste auction. Though I have been looking for more Domitian rarities, lately I been finding Titus rarities. It seems a bunch of rare ones have appeared in the last few months. Please post your coins of Titus. Titus (Caesar, 69-79). AR Denarius (18mm, 3.26g, 6h). Rome, AD 79. Obv: Laureate head l. Rev: Jewish captive kneeling r. before trophy. RIC II 50; RSC 297. Ex: Bertolami Fine arts E Live Auction 38 Lot 610 December 11, 2016 Ex: Artemide Aste E Live Auction 11 Lot 362 January 26, 2020 [ATTACH=full]1058312[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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