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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3180039, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="6"><b>TITUS RESTORATION/RESTITUTION OF CLAUDIUS SESTERTIUS</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/000titres.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>SESTERTIUS - CLAUDIUS/TITUS RESTORATION/RESTITUTION ISSUE</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>RIC Volume II (1962 Edition), Rome, Titus, No. 234</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>RIC Volume II, Part 1 (second edition), Claudius, No. 472 (Sear No. 2601)</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>80-81 AD,</i> (34.5mm, 24.3gm)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Claudius, laureate head facing right</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP PP</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Personification of Spes</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>IMP T VESP AVG REST - S C</b> (left and right)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Titus was a Military Tribune in Britain AD 60-63</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Restoration/Restitution coinage</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Both of the above terms are employed by modern day authors to describe this coinage. I think that the <b>REST</b> which is inscribed on the reverse of these coins is an abbreviation of the Latin noun <i>Restitutio = reinstatement, restoration, giving back.</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">* One purpose for issuing restored coins was to provide substitutes for familar coin types that were being recalled due to excessive wear.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">* Another purpose was to honor deceased and revered Emperors (and sometimes members of their families)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">* They were struck from newly made dies designed to produce coins that closely resembled the originals.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">* They were always marked <b>REST</b> (together with the name of the issuing Augustus) as part of the reverse inscription.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">* This coinage should not be confused with Commemorative coinage (which was not marked REST)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">* It was issued under the auspices of (in chronological order) Titus, Domitian, Nerva and Trajan</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">* Only Trajan issued this coinage in silver and gold.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">* Trajan also issued this coinage to honor Distinguished Republican families.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">There is some very interesting information relating to Restoration/Restitution coinage in <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=301355" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=301355" rel="nofollow">this CNG listing</a>. Note especially the Curtis Clay and Harold Mattingly information.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Updated via Edit.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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