Watch List notes:

The Roman Empire
Titus augustus, 79 – 81

Dupondius or As 80-81, Æ 13.11 g. IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII Laureate head r. Rev. S – C Vesta, veiled and draped, seated l. holding Palladium and sceptre; in exergue, VESTA. C 344 var. (TR P P P, in error?). BMC p. 267, note †. RIC 1st. ed. 132 var. (torch instead of sceptre); RIC 2nd. ed cf. 212 head radiate). CBN cf. 203 (head radiate).
Struck in high relief with an untouched green patina, extremely fine

Ex NAC 33, 2006, 460 and NAC 46, 2008, 537 sales. Illustrated on www.romancoins.info, section imagines imperatorum.
A truly noble portrait of the Emperor. AMP.