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Titus, 24 June 79 - 13 September 81 A.D.
TR POT abbreviates Tribunicia Potestate, the tribunician power, the power to veto legislation. In Roman coin legends the abbreviation TR P is often followed by a Roman numeral indicating the number of times the tribunitian power has been held. Every emperor claimed the tribunician power from the moment of accession. Up to Nerva the tribunician power was renewed on the anniversary of its original conferment. From Antoninus Pius on it seems to have been renewed on 10 December, the day on which elected tribunes entered office. It is still unclear (a) what system of renewal was in force from Trajan to Antoninus Pius and (b) whether at some point in the third century the tribunician day was moved from 10 December to 1 January.RS92923. Silver denarius, RIC II-2 695 (R3, this coin!), RSC II 161a, BMCRE II -, SRCV I -, Cohen I -, Hunter I -, aVF/F, toned, nice portrait, reverses slightly off center, Rome mint, weight 3.160g, maximum diameter 19.3mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, 74 A.D.; obverse T CAESAR IMP VESP counterclockwise from lower right, laureate head right; reverse PONTIF TR POT (priest, holder of Tribunitian power) counterclockwise from lower right, Titus seated right on curule chair, long scepter vertical in right hand, palm branch in extended left hand; this is the RIC plate coin! no recorded sales of the type on Coin Archives for the last two decades; extremely rare; SOLD
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