The Roman Empire
Titus augustus, 79 – 81. The Atonement Series
Denarius 1st January-30th June 80, AR 3.14 g. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Laureate head r. Rev. TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P Draped seat surmounted by triangular frame decorated with palmettes. C 313. BMC 62 var. RIC 124c. CBN 50 var.
Wonderful iridescent tone and extremely fine / good extremely fine
Privately purchased from Freeman & Sear.
As with most atonement series coins the representation of the God by the reverse design is difficult. RIC calls the projections corn ears which would make this coin likely a representation of Ceres. (I have not seen a coin which has enough detail to convincingly say that the projections are indeed corn ears however.) MSG.