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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 6491688, member: 82616"]I've always wanted to add this hugely symbolic dynastic type struck for Titus. Recently, this bargain specimen came up for sale. The piece has some conditional problems, but I'm supremely happy with it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1259383[/ATTACH]</p><p><b> Titus </b></p><p><b> </b> Æ Sestertius, 23.74g</p><p>Rome mint, 80-81 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: PROVIDENT AVGVST; S C in exergue; Vespasian and Titus, both togate, stg. r. and l., together holding globe over rudder</p><p>RIC 162 (C). BMC 178. BNC 169.</p><p>Acquired from CGB.fr, February 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>A dynastic type struck during Titus's fairly large bronze issue of 80-81. Mattingly in BMCRE II succinctly sums up the reverse: "A type of 'Providentia Augusti' shows Vespasian, now a god, handing over to Titus the 'regimen orbis', symbolized by a globe over a rudder. 'Providentia' is the virtue of wise foresight, which leads an Emperor to make the succession sure." This bit of imperial propaganda must have been extremely important to the new regime based on the commonness of the type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 6491688, member: 82616"]I've always wanted to add this hugely symbolic dynastic type struck for Titus. Recently, this bargain specimen came up for sale. The piece has some conditional problems, but I'm supremely happy with it. [ATTACH=full]1259383[/ATTACH] [B] Titus [/B] Æ Sestertius, 23.74g Rome mint, 80-81 AD Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l. Rev: PROVIDENT AVGVST; S C in exergue; Vespasian and Titus, both togate, stg. r. and l., together holding globe over rudder RIC 162 (C). BMC 178. BNC 169. Acquired from CGB.fr, February 2021. A dynastic type struck during Titus's fairly large bronze issue of 80-81. Mattingly in BMCRE II succinctly sums up the reverse: "A type of 'Providentia Augusti' shows Vespasian, now a god, handing over to Titus the 'regimen orbis', symbolized by a globe over a rudder. 'Providentia' is the virtue of wise foresight, which leads an Emperor to make the succession sure." This bit of imperial propaganda must have been extremely important to the new regime based on the commonness of the type.[/QUOTE]
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