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Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Denarius, 3.01g. (7h). Rome, 77-8 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP - VESPASIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: COS - VI Mars standing left holding spear and trophy, large wheat ear behind him. RIC 949 (C ). BM 222. Paris 196. Cohen 66. Good VF/VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
Possibly from the same obverse die as BM 222, pl. 6.20 = RIC 949, pl. 11. The reverse type copies that of the denarius of L. Valerius Flaccus struck c. 108-107 BC, Crawford 306/1. Vespasian's motive for "restoring" many Republican and early imperial reverse types on his gold and silver coinage may have been that he was melting down and recoining the original coins bearing those types in order to profit from Nero's debasement of 64 AD.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
Possibly from the same obverse die as BM 222, pl. 6.20 = RIC 949, pl. 11. The reverse type copies that of the denarius of L. Valerius Flaccus struck c. 108-107 BC, Crawford 306/1. Vespasian's motive for "restoring" many Republican and early imperial reverse types on his gold and silver coinage may have been that he was melting down and recoining the original coins bearing those types in order to profit from Nero's debasement of 64 AD.