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Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 23.42 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 77-78. T CΛES VESPΛSIΛN IMP PONT TR POT COS VI, laureate head right / ΛNNONΛ ΛVGVST, Annona seated left on high-backed throne, holding sack of corn ears in lap. RIC II.1 1021 (Vespasian; R2). Tan river patina with a few fissures, minor flan crack. VF. With a large, bold, high-relief portrait of fine style. Very rare.
From the Summer Haven Collection.
An EF example of similar dies sold in NAC 54, lot 374 for hammer 95,000 CHF.
Flavius Titus Vespasianus was born in AD 41, the son of the successful general Vespasian. Titus had the honor of being raised and educated at court alongside the emperor's son, Britannicus. He grew into an intelligent, handsome, and charming young man who became his father's second in command for the Judaean campaign of AD 66-69. When Nero's regime collapsed, Vespasian marched on Rome while Titus took over direction of the Judaean war, which culminated in the storming of Jerusalem in AD 70. Titus next served as Praetorian Prefect and was utterly ruthless in protecting his family's stranglehold on power. Throughout Vespasian's reign, Titus was his father's right-hand man and his brother Domitian was pushed into the background, though he shared the title of Caesar. This sestertius provides an excellent portrait of the young heir apparent, who shares his father's stocky, "salt of the earth" physiognomy.
From the Summer Haven Collection.
An EF example of similar dies sold in NAC 54, lot 374 for hammer 95,000 CHF.
Flavius Titus Vespasianus was born in AD 41, the son of the successful general Vespasian. Titus had the honor of being raised and educated at court alongside the emperor's son, Britannicus. He grew into an intelligent, handsome, and charming young man who became his father's second in command for the Judaean campaign of AD 66-69. When Nero's regime collapsed, Vespasian marched on Rome while Titus took over direction of the Judaean war, which culminated in the storming of Jerusalem in AD 70. Titus next served as Praetorian Prefect and was utterly ruthless in protecting his family's stranglehold on power. Throughout Vespasian's reign, Titus was his father's right-hand man and his brother Domitian was pushed into the background, though he shared the title of Caesar. This sestertius provides an excellent portrait of the young heir apparent, who shares his father's stocky, "salt of the earth" physiognomy.