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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Titus. 79-81 AD. Fourree Denarius with reverse of Domitian, 3.05g. (6h). . , . Obv: T CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG (counterclockwise) Head laureate right. Rx: COS V across upper field, She-wolf standing left, head turned back, suckling Romulus and Remus; boat in exergue. Cf. BM 146, pl. 47.19 var. (also plated, different obv. legend). VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 410.
A plated ancient counterfeit, the reverse copying a well-known denarius of Domitian as Caesar, RIC 961, while the obverse shows Titus as Augustus, but with a legend that never appeared on official coins. It is the same as the scarce first obverse legend of Titus' reign, IMP T CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, but without IMP.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 410.
A plated ancient counterfeit, the reverse copying a well-known denarius of Domitian as Caesar, RIC 961, while the obverse shows Titus as Augustus, but with a legend that never appeared on official coins. It is the same as the scarce first obverse legend of Titus' reign, IMP T CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, but without IMP.