Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Denarius, 2.97g. (0h). Rome, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT CENS Head laureate right. Rx: No legend; Titus in quadriga right, holding branch and scepter, commemorating his and Vespasian's triumph over the Jews (Judaea Capta) in 71 AD. RIC 531 (R ). BM 94 (not illustrated). RSC 395a. Hendin 1483 var. About VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Rauch Summer Auction, 15 September 2010, lot 529.
Though comparatively common at Antioch, this triumphal-quadriga denarius is rare at Rome, especially with CENS in the obverse legend. The British Museum acquired its specimen with CENS from the Devonshire Collection in 1844, but Paris does not possess this variant and Cohen, overlooking the BM coin, omitted it from his famous catalogue of Roman imperial coins. There are no specimens in CoinArchives Pro, Wildwinds, or Berk photofile, though the RIC authors apparently knew of several examples apart from the BM's, to judge from their rarity rating "R".