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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6713729, member: 85693&quot;]Terrific coins and most informative write-up jamesicus.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Although it is horrible, I am happy to say that I have one of these - it came in an undescribed lot of junk:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270792[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A visual enhancement for the reverse inscription: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270793[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Titus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>Germanicus Restoration Issue</b></p><p><b>(80-81 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>GER[MANICVS CAESAR TI AV]G F DIVI AVG N, head of Germanicus, bare, left /</p><p>IMP T CAES [DIVI VESP F] AVG REST · around large S-C.</p><p>RIC 442 (RIC [1962] 228) (Titus)</p><p>(8.25 grams / 23 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @ $4.17</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b></p><p>&quot;The &#039;restored&#039; series of Titus served a double purpose; it preserved&nbsp; the memory of famous coins of the early Empire which were becoming obsolete and it</p><p>emphasized in the public mind the continuity between the Flavian dynasty and its predecessor.&quot;</p><p>(Harold Mattingly via Coin Talk, Jamesicus)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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