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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3823636, member: 82616&quot;]Listed at a fairly cheap price, this is all I had to go by. A bad picture and a wrongly attributed slab. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017566[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s actually a dupondius struck for Titus as Augustus. I think it looks better outside of the plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017567[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus</b></p><p>Æ Dupondius, 11.80g</p><p>Rome mint, 80-81 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII; Head of Titus, radiate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: CERES AVGVST; S C in field; Ceres stg. l., with corn ears and torch</p><p>RIC 189 (C). BMC 191A. BNC 191.</p><p>Acquired from Excalibur Coins, eBay, October 2019. Formerly in ANACS holder 4892849, grade &#039;F 15&#039;, wrongly attributed to Vespasian.</p><p><br /></p><p>The standing Ceres type was a carry-over reverse from the reign of Vespasian. During Titus&#039; reign it was sparingly struck in silver, but more commonly so in bronze. This dupondius is from Titus&#039; great issue of bronze of 80-81. Because Titus did not take up the consulship in 81, the issue cannot be dated more precisely.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your &#039;chance&#039; purchases or those that were wrongly attributed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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