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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 8059904, member: 80952&quot;]Hello ladies and gentlemen,</p><p>Finally received my (most likely) last auction win for 2021, as I was minding my own business, browsing through an auction without serious thoughts, but there were a few coins that made me jump from my chair and shout &quot;yep, this one is needed&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1396928[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t very optimistic in regards to this one as I was suspecting the price will increase. But it was lower than I was prepared to offer so quite happy to add this Titus denarius in my collection and it will make my top 10 Imperials this year. </p><p>What I liked the most about this coin - the good Titus portrait and the reverse where the engraver made sure Venus is depicted in all the details (and I don&#039;t mean just the first thing we see in this type of reverse) - the engraver was surely talented.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only down side for me is the bad shape of the reverse legend (quite unusual as checking several examples I found with more extensive wear, the legends were readable).</p><p>After consulting one of our Flavian specialists [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] my attribution was correct (was unsure if it is COS VII PP or COS VII but appear to be the more common PP variety). The fact that it&#039;s not extremely rare is not important for me as I simply like it.</p><p>Another interesting thing about this coin, mentioned by David, is that it was issued prior to eruption of Vesuvius</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Titus 34; Old RIC II Titus 9; RSC 268</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, head of Titus, laureate, right / Rev: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, Venus standing right, resting on column, holding helmet and spear</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post</p><p>- Venus coins</p><p>- newly acquired coins that made you happy</p><p>- Flavian coins</p><p>- whatever you feel relevant[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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