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Titus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 80. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head left / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, curule chair with wreath above. RIC 109; RSC 319; BMCRE 70. 3.42g, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare with left facing portrait: only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard, compared to 26 specimens with portrait right.
Ex Michael Kelly Collection of Roman Silver Coins; collector's ticket included.
The curule chair and oak wreath is symbolic of an honour first given to Julius Caesar (Dio 44.6.3) whose chair and diadem were carried into the theatres in a manner previously reserved for the gods. From then, the Senate could vote to honour current and deified emperors and members of the imperial family in this way. This coin could depict the curule chair of the emperor Titus or his father the deified Vespasian.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare with left facing portrait: only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard, compared to 26 specimens with portrait right.
Ex Michael Kelly Collection of Roman Silver Coins; collector's ticket included.
The curule chair and oak wreath is symbolic of an honour first given to Julius Caesar (Dio 44.6.3) whose chair and diadem were carried into the theatres in a manner previously reserved for the gods. From then, the Senate could vote to honour current and deified emperors and members of the imperial family in this way. This coin could depict the curule chair of the emperor Titus or his father the deified Vespasian.