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Message:: [QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 26659026, member: 91820"]The large portraits coins of Titus and NOT THRACIAN mints but LUGDUNUM!I apologize for the error - Lugdunum is in Gaul - not Thracia!  I really have to FOCUS when doing these submissions.  I really wish there was a way to change the article but it is too late. It was a shock when I received the coin since I’d not really paid attention to the size when I bid on it. In fact, the bid was an afterthought as there was a large lot of potin tetradrachms in the auction that I was interested in.  I did not expect that the low bid (under $300) would be successful. It shows that there are bargains, even with what I believe is an overall price increase for ancients.   Having not spent any money at the New York coin show after saving up this was a welcome purchase. I also need to check out what was happening during Titus‘s eighth counselship.  I only know of two ancient historians that addressed Titus’s reign – Suetonius and Cassius Dio. There should be a reason why a Thracian mint was active during this period.  But then again, a mint in Thrace was striking bronze coins during Claudius’s reign as shown by the coins of Britannicus and Agrippina II. Although these are very rare, the Titus Thracian coins are much less so. Also I do not have the more recent RIC for Titus - are the Thracian types in the update??[/QUOTE]