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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3586497, member: 82616&quot;]It&#039;s not often one comes across an unpublished denarius of Titus as Augustus. His coinage has been fully catalogued and is fairly neat and tidy with standardised issues and little in the way of surprises. However, every once in a while an unpublished variant surfaces - this is one of those very special coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was quite thrilled when it arrived today in my PO Box!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]957737[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Titus</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 2.83g</p><p>Rome mint, 79 AD</p><p>RIC 16A (R3). BMC - . RSC - .</p><p>Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVG; Annona std. l., with sack of corn ears</p><p>Ex Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 1078.</p><p><br /></p><p>A unique First issue Annona paired with a Second issue obverse legend. The Annona reverse was a carry-over type struck for Titus as Caesar under Vespasian just before his death and was likely issued in the first few days of Titus&#039; reign as a stop-gap until new reverse designs could be created. It is by far the rarest type from the First issue. The obverse legend changed in the second issue from the First issue&#039;s IMP T CAESAR to IMP TITVS CAES, this would be the standard obverse legend on the denarii for the remainder of the reign. The appearance of the Annona type with the new obverse legend is possibly a mule using an old First issue reverse die with a new Second issue obverse. There is a slight possibility that it was an intentional strike, but the fact that no other Second issue Annona types have surfaced is a strong indication it is accidental.</p><p><br /></p><p>I informed Ian Carradice of the piece and he has assigned it RIC 16A in the upcoming RIC II.1 Addenda with the note: &#039;Perhaps a mule, with rev die from the previous issue&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your unpublished and/or Titus coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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