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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3193059, member: 82616&quot;]I was quite excited to receive this Titus As in the mail yesterday and couldn&#039;t wait to share it here! What attracted me to the piece is the fantastic portrait (one the finest I&#039;ve come across) and neat reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]824714[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Titus</b></p><p>AE As, 10.75g</p><p>Rome mint, 80-81 AD</p><p>RIC 226 (R). BMC 210.</p><p>Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII; Head of Titus, laureate, l.</p><p>Rev: GENI P R; S C in field; Genius stg. l., with patera over altar and cornucopiae</p><p>Acquired from London Ancient Coins, September 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p>Genius - &#039;The spirit of the Roman people&#039; is not a common motif in Flavian coinage. It occurs under Vespasian on rare Spanish military denarii struck early in his reign and briefly during the reign of Titus on asses struck in 80-81. Mattingly connects the type under Titus with &#039;the vows undertaken for the first five years of the new reign&#039;. The coin is dated COS VIII which Titus held in 80 (he did not renew the consulship in 81). Unlike the parallel silver issue the bronze lack an IMP number and cannot be more precisely dated. Most likely they were struck in the first half of 80 along with the silver.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your Genius or Titus coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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