Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Denarius, 3.33g. (7h). Rome, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT Head laureate right. Rx: NEP - RED Neptune standing left, right foot set on globe, nude except for cloak hanging down behind from shoulders, holding acrostolium and scepter. RIC 366 (C ). BM 80. Paris 68. Cohen 121 (3 Fr.). Good VF/VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
Scarce: four specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. This type of "Neptune the Returner" refers to the sea voyages of Vespasian and Titus from the East to Rome in 70 and 71 AD respectively.