Gemini, LLC
Auction X 13 January 2013
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Dupondius, 12.78g. (6h). Rome, 72 AD. Obv: T CAES VESPAS IMP P TR P COS II Head radiate right. Rx: FELICITA - S - PVBLICA S - C Felicitas standing left holding short caduceus and cornucopia. RIC 413 (R2). BMC 639 note. EF/Good VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; ex CNG E147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 216.
A rare obverse legend form with CAES VESPAS on Titus' bronzes of 72 AD, recorded by the new RIC on only two sestertii (R2 and R3), four asses (all R2), and this one dupondius (R2). BMC knew this dupondius only from an "Additions to Cohen" article in ASFN 1884; RIC cites specimens in Rome, Vienna, and the excavation coins from Vindonissa.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; ex CNG E147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 216.
A rare obverse legend form with CAES VESPAS on Titus' bronzes of 72 AD, recorded by the new RIC on only two sestertii (R2 and R3), four asses (all R2), and this one dupondius (R2). BMC knew this dupondius only from an "Additions to Cohen" article in ASFN 1884; RIC cites specimens in Rome, Vienna, and the excavation coins from Vindonissa.