Well that is certainly a beautiful coin in all aspects. Congratulations - I love it!! Mine has a pretty spectacular portrait (in my opinion) but certainly has many issues as you see. Titus AE As. AD 80. IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII, laureate head left / PAX AVGVST S-C, Pax standing left, holding branch and caduceus
Nice left-facing portraits of Titus, @ro1974 & @Clavdivs. Somewhat of a serene expression in both. Titus, 79-81. ARDenarius (18 mm, 3.27 g, 7 h). Rome mint, 79 AD, after 1st of July. [IMP] TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M (outward); laureate head of Titus to left. Rev.TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P; male Jewish captive kneeling right at base of trophy of arms with hands bound behind his back. Hendin 1583a. RIC 31 (R2).
Whoa...what a portrait, @ro1974! Also on your coin, @Clavdivs. Man, I love a great realistic portrait like those.
I really think its the eye that makes this portrait... in my opinion. A true artist cut this die.. would love to see a mint state die match!
I felt lucky to find this Titus sestertius (my first Titus) despite the reverse. I got it in 1988 from Ed Waddell. Even then he rarely had low end coins but it seems the obverse of this one made the cut. One sided coins have an advantage. This one is more balanced (equally ugly on both sides but it has a nice face) and came from Dan Clark in 1995. For those who miss it, the SC was in exergue. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzCross/Biography.html Some of the coins that I like best came from dealers who usually did not sell coins that low grade but realized that being MS is not the only consideration.
Nice lefties. I just got this very rare left facing Titus IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM Laureate head of Titus right TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P Capricorn left, globe below Reverse based on the coinage of Augustus Rome 79 AD 3.06g RIC 20 (R2) Ex-Dara Museum E-Auction 2 lot 979
