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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2701263, member: 82616&quot;]You folks are a smart group! It is indeed the wingless thunderbolt that made the coin of interest to me. In the new RIC II the type is described as having a &#039;winged thunderbolt&#039;. However, the type is sometimes seen with a &#039;wingless thunderbolt&#039;. The upcoming RIC II Addenda takes note of this and has assigned the &#039;wingless&#039; type its own catalogue number - RIC 119A.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607976[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.31g</p><p>Rome Mint, 80 AD</p><p>RIC 119A, BMC 51 var., RSC, 316</p><p>Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P; Seat, draped; above, wingless thunderbolt</p><p>Acquired from Yesterday&#039;s Change, March 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius was part of a series struck for the lectisternium (religious ceremony) celebrating the opening of the Colosseum in 80 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each god had its own sacred couch, in Latin they are known as &#039;pulvinaria&#039;, brought out in pairs in the Forum or some such public space. The series commemorates these sacred couches which were set out with &#039;exuviae&#039; (emblems) representing the gods. The above coin most likely shows the &#039;pulvinar&#039; of Jupiter and Juno.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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