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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3565533, member: 74968&quot;]I have been keeping on eye out for one of these for some time. Luckily I was checking the unsold lots on Artemide Aste (I do this often and have found a umber of great coins for opening bid prices) and I stumbled upon this one. While this coin is called common in RIC, examples do not come to market very often.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bonvs Eventvs or &quot;good outcome&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>From wikipedia:</p><p>Coins featuring Bonus Eventus were issued during the turmoil of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_Four_Emperors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_Four_Emperors" rel="nofollow">Year of Four Emperors</a> (69 AD) and the reigns of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba" rel="nofollow">Galba</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" rel="nofollow">Vespasian</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus" rel="nofollow">Titus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" rel="nofollow">Antoninus Pius</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus" rel="nofollow">Septimius Severus</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Eventus#cite_note-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Eventus#cite_note-10" rel="nofollow">[10]</a> On these coins and on gems, Bonus Eventus is a standing male nude, usually with one leg bent and his head turned away toward a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patera" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patera" rel="nofollow">libation bowl</a> in his outstretched hand. Sometimes he is partially clad in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamys" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamys" rel="nofollow">chlamys</a> that covers his back, or in an over-the-shoulder <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himation" rel="nofollow">himation</a> with the ends framing his torso. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy_(flower)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy_(flower)" rel="nofollow">Poppies</a> and stalks of grain are common attributes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Eventus#cite_note-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Eventus#cite_note-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I like the portrait and the full legends. The figure on the reverse is worn but still well defined.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your favourite coins of Titus.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948446[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Titus (79-81).AR Denarius, 79-80.</p><p>2.93g 19.00mm</p><p>Obv: Head right, laureate.IMP TITVS CAESVESPASIAN AVG PM</p><p>Rev: Bonus Eventus standing left, holding patera, corn-ears and poppy; BONVS EVENTVS AVGVSTI</p><p>RIC (2nd ed.) 89.AR.</p><p>Toned.About VF.</p><p>Atrtemide Aste E-Live auction 8 Lot 268[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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