Titus AR Denarius. Rome, early - mid AD 80. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, trophy of arms, at base of which Britannia seated to left in attitude of mourning, and bound British captive seated to right. RIC 102; BMCRE 37; RSC 306. 3.44g, 18mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Rare.
From the Dr. Nicholas Lowe Collection;
Ex Aes Rude (San Marino), Monete & Medaglie 16, 9 April 1994, lot 211.
This denarius commemorates Agricola's victory in Britain at the river Tay, for which Titus was proclaimed imperator for the fifteenth time.