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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2429443, member: 42773"]Thank you to [USER=8720]@vespasian70[/USER] for the clarification on the fineness - I really do learn something new on this forum every day. I found the OP coin at the last Baltimore show, and it attracted for all the obvious reasons: the mighty bust, good strike, clean surfaces, etc. It became more interesting to me, however, after I researched it a bit. As far as I can tell, this "Jove the Watchman" type is unique to Vespasian and Titus (the ones of Titus are quite rare). There are IVPPITER CVSTOS denarii and aureii of Nero, in which the god is seated, holding scepter and thunderbolt. But that seems to be it for the Watchman types. It's also interesting that Jove is found in the nominative IOVIS on these coins, which also apparently occurs nowhere else.[/QUOTE]