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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Titus| > RS98002
Titus, 24 June 79 - 13 September 81 A.D.
|Titus|, |Titus,| |24| |June| |79| |-| |13| |September| |81| |A.D.|,
The pulvinar (plural pulvinaria) was a special couch used for displaying images of the gods, that they might receive offerings at ceremonies such as the lectisternium or supplicatio. In the famous lectisternium of 217 B.C., on orders of the sibylline books, six pulvinaria were arranged, each for a divine male-female pair. At the Circus Maximus, we know that couches and images of the gods were placed on an elevated platform (also called a pulvinar) to "watch" the games. It is possible that this coin depicts the, probably larger than life-size, seat reserved for a goddess in the then new Flavian Amphitheater. Colosseum Interior
RS98002. Silver denarius, RIC II-1 122; RSC II 313; BMCRE II 58; BnF III 48; SRCV I 2514, Choice VF, toned, well centered, flow lines, small edge crack, mild die wear, Rome mint, weight 3.198g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 150o, 80 - 81 A.D.; obverse IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right; reverse TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, facing empty throne (pulvinar) with curved semicircular back ornamented with three floral ornaments, draped with a fringed seat cover; ex Monetarium Numismatic (Budapest, Hungary); SOLD




  






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Cloke, H. & L. Toone. The London Mint of Constantius & Constantine. (London, 2015).

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