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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2732054, member: 82616&quot;]Nice! The much rarer left facing portrait of the tripod &amp; dolphin reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone wants a<i> really </i>rare variant of the type - look for a left facing version with two ravens atop the tripod. Harry Sneh had only come across one specimen and sold it to me nearly 5 years ago. I&#039;ve never seen another in trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]621490[/ATTACH]<b>Titus</b> </p><p>AR Denarius, 2.92g</p><p>Rome mint, 80 AD</p><p>RIC 132 (R2), BMC - , RSC -</p><p>Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l.</p><p>Rev: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P; Tripod, with fillets streaming out l. and r., on which are ravens r. and l., and in the centre, dolphin over wreath</p><p>Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The RIC frequency rating of &#039;R2&#039; grossly underestimates the rarity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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