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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2178293, member: 82616&quot;]I have a Titus as Caesar duplicate that has been assigned its own RIC number. This denarius features an engraver&#039;s error in the obverse legend. Instead of ending in the normal F the engraver mistakenly engraved an E. It is also an obverse die match to the unique British Museum aureus RIC V1437. A wonderful example of aurei and denarii sharing dies! The coin has been assigned by Carradice as V1440A (obv 2B) in the upcoming RIC II addenda.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]421408[/ATTACH]</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Ephesus mint, 71 AD</p><p>RIC V1440A, BMC V467 var., RSC 39 var., RPC 843 var.</p><p>Obv: IMPERATOR T CAESAR AVGVSTI E (sic); Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVG; Ceres std. l., on ornate high-backed chair, with corn ears and poppy and cornucopiae; in exergue, EPHE</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the type with the correct legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]421409[/ATTACH]</p><p>RIC V1440 (R), BMC V467, RSC 39, RPC 843 (4 spec.)</p><p>Obv: IMPERATOR T CAESAR AVGVSTI F; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVG; Ceres std. l., on ornate high-backed chair, with corn ears and poppy and cornucopiae; in exergue, EPHE</p><p><br /></p><p>I find it odd that the RIC authors gave the unique error (variant?) coin its own entry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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