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Roman Empire, Titus Denarius RIC plate coin
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Titus Silver denarius, 74 CE Rome
(3.160g, maximum diameter 19.3mm, die axis 180o )
Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESP counter-clockwise from lower right, laureate head right;
Rev: PONTIF TR POT (priest, holder of Tribunitian power) counter-clockwise from lower right, Titus seated right on curule chair, long scepter vertical in right hand, palm branch in extended left hand;
RIC II-2 695 [VESP] (R3, this coin and this coin illustrated in the plates),
RSC II 161a, BMCRE II -, SRCV I -, Cohen I -, Hunter I -,
This is the RIC plate coin! no recorded sales of the type on Coin Archives for the last two decades; extremely rare
Ex Stack’s Bowers Galleries January 2019 NYINC Auction 11-12 January 2019 Lot 41006 (part of a large lot)
Purchased from Forvm Ancient Coins on Jan 12, 2020
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