The Roman Empire
Titus augustus, 79 – 81
Sestertius, Thrace or Bithynia ? 80-81, Æ 25.90 g. IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AV – G P M TR P P P COS VIII Laureate head r. Rev. PAX – AVGVSTI S – C Pax standing l., holding branch and cornucopiae. C 141 (omits F on obv.). BMC 309 (Lugdunum). RIC 498. CBN 323. RPC 501.
A very unusual portrait with a pleasant green patina, a hairline flan-crack
at eight o'clock on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex CNG sale 63, 2003, 1286 and Peus 399, 2009, 281.
Very nice example of the Eastern, or so called Balkan mint, with the oversized portrait features typical of these emissions. AMP.