Titus, as Caesar, AV Aureus. Struck under Vespasian. Rome, AD 72-73. T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT, laureate head right / Titus standing in triumphal quadriga to right, holding branch in right hand and sceptre in left. RIC 370 (Vespasian); BMCRE 520; BN 73; Calicó 722; Hendin 1469. 5.84g, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine; edge filed, probably for jewellery. Extremely Rare.
Among the most difficult issues to obtain of the Judaean series, this aureus depicts the Triumph awarded to Titus for his decisive victory in the Jewish-Roman war, having breached the walls of Jerusalem and sacked the city.