Watch List notes:

Titus, 79-81. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 3.51 g, 5 h), Rome, 79. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Laureate head of Titus to left. Rev. TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII Venus standing right, nude to below the hips, leaning on a column to her left, holding crested helmet in her right hand and scepter in her left. BMC 11. Cohen 268 var. (Head of Titus to right). RIC 16. A beautifully toned example with a bold portrait. Very light deposits, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the Sierra Collection, Triton XV, 3-4 January 2012, 1512 (with original ticket), ex Numismatica Ars Classica 40, 16 May 2007, 686, Numismatica Ars Classica 5, 25 February 1992, 448 and from the collection of G. R. Arnold, Esq., Glendining 17-18 June 1969, 335.