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Message:: [QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 7630512, member: 82616"]I really couldn't pass up such a neat historical type, despite the worn and somewhat rough condition. The price was right too. [ATTACH=full]1312713[/ATTACH]Titus as Caesar [Vespasian]Æ Sestertius, 23.97gRome mint, 72 ADObv: T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTI; S C in field; Victory stg. r., l. foot on helmet, inscribing VIC AVG on shield on palm treeRIC 433 (R). BMC 637. BNC 624. Hendin 1526.Acquired from Praefectus Coins, May 2021. This iconic sestertius struck in 72 at Rome from Titus's second bronze issue commemorates his recent Judaean War victory. The iconography on the reverse is quite explicit. Victory, nude from the waist up, is inscribing a shield attached to the trunk of a palm tree, the palm being a topographical symbol for the land of Judaea. There is no mistaking this for anything other than a Judaea Capta commemorative. The type was also appropriately struck for Vespasian. I just love these worn bronzes. In hand the coin has an almost indestructible quality to it, quite fitting for it's nearly 2000 year old existence. Please feel free to share your worn worthies. [/QUOTE]