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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 7351093, member: 82616&quot;]Yes, I do collect <i>all</i> things Flavian, but I also try to focus on certain niches within that broad and diverse coinage - one of which are the silver issues of Titus. 2021 has already seen me add a few spectacular rarities that fall into that sub speciality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrew sold me this extremely rare RIC plate coin.</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167714" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167714" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167714</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And I recently won this unique Titus at auction.</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-169065" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-169065" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-169065</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I can happily add this fantastically rare denarius struck for Titus as Caesar under Vespasian.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1282043[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Titus as Caesar [Vespasian] </b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.42g</p><p>Rome Mint, 79 AD</p><p>Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: TR POT VIII COS VII; Venus stg. r., leaning on column, with helmet and spear</p><p>RIC 1078A (R3). BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.</p><p>Ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 100, 7 March 2021, lot 462.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second known specimen of this Venus Victrix type with obverse bust left. Harry Sneh reported an example to the RIC authors who then assigned it as RIC 1078A in the RIC II.1 Addenda. Oddly, these two specimens are from different dies. It is part of Vespasian&#039;s last denarius issue struck before his death on 24 June 79. Venus is depicted here with a helmet and spear as the goddess of both love and war. The type would later be struck as a carry-over reverse for Titus as Augustus until the mint designed new reverse dies specifically for him.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was mistakenly advertised as unique by the auction house, likely because the Addenda still remains to be published.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you everyone for taking the time to look at and read about these amazing Flavian coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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