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Titus | Ceres * Rome - AR Denarius, 79-81 AD.
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Titus | Ceres * Rome - Silver Denarius
Obv: Laureate head right: IMP TITVS CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG P M
Rev: Ceres seated left, holding poppy and corn ears in outstretched right and torch vertical in left hand, cradled in crook of her left arm: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII
Exergue: Clear
Mint: Rome
Struck: 1 July – ca. 15 July, 79 AD.
Size: 17.88 mm.
Weight: 3.45 gms.
Die axis: 180°
Condition:
Refs:*
BMC, 7
Cohen 270 -
RIC II, 8D, page 117 -
SEAR RCV I (2000), 2508, page 465
RSC, 270a - Similar, but without PP at end of reverse legend.
Rare, as an issue struck for a very brief period (see above).
Struck 55-40 days prior to the eruption of Vesuvius which destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, et al. (24 August, 79 AD.)
Status: TCJH, Private Collection.
My gratitude to Curtis Clay for his kind assistance with dating & clarifications.
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