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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2629847, member: 82616&quot;]I have a handful of coins that are &#039;unique&#039;, in the sense that there are no others which are published or I&#039;m aware of. These three are perhaps my favourite of the bunch.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]578527[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.36g</p><p>Rome mint, 73 AD</p><p>RIC V528A, BMC - , RSC -</p><p>Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT CENS; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: NEP RED; Neptune stg. l., r. foot on globe, with acrostolium and sceptre</p><p>Ex Gemini X, 13 January 2013, Harry N. Sneh Collection, lot 637. Ex Gorny &amp; Mosch 122, 10 March 2003, lot 2043 = 113, 18 October 2001, lot 5729.</p><p><br /></p><p>An unpublished Neptune type with CENS in the obverse legend. The coin will be 528A (under Vespasian) in the RIC II Addenda.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]578528[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.48g</p><p>Rome mint, 73 AD</p><p>RIC V529A (R3), BMC - , RSC -</p><p>Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT CENS; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: SALVS AVG; Salus std., l., with patera</p><p>Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 404, 2 November 2011, lot 2570.</p><p><br /></p><p>This Titus as Caesar denarius with the Salus reverse type coupled with the obverse legend on the present coin is unlisted in all the major references, including the new RIC II. The coin comes from a series minted in 73 AD in which the Salus type was known for Vespasian but not for Titus until this present denarius surfaced. Ian Carradice has given this new type the number 529A (under Vespasian) in the RIC II Addenda. Also, this coin is an obverse die match for the RIC V531 plate coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]578529[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus Caesar</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 2.69g</p><p>Ephesus mint, 71 AD</p><p>RIC V1440A, BMC V467 var., RSC 39 var., RPC 843 var.</p><p>Obv: IMPERATOR T CAESAR AVGVSTI E (sic); Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVG; Ceres std. l., on ornate high-backed chair, with corn ears and poppy and cornucopiae; in exergue, EPHE</p><p>Ex Gemini X, 13 January 2013, Harry N Sneh Collection, lot 742. Acquired from Ponterio, c. 2003.</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius features an engraver&#039;s error in the obverse legend. Instead of ending in the normal &#039;F&#039; the engraver mistakenly engraved an &#039;E&#039;. It is also an obverse die match to the unique British Museum aureus RIC V1437. A wonderful example of aurei and denarii sharing dies! The coin has been assigned by Carradice as V1440A (obv 2B) in the upcoming RIC II addenda.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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