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Titus, as Caesar (AD 79-81). AV aureus (20mm, 7.18 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 76. T CAESAR IMP-VESPASIANVS, laureate head of Titus right / COS V, heifer of Myron standing right. RIC II.1 (Vespasian) 868. Calicó 734. Sharp portrait on glistening flan, displaying prominent cartwheel flowlines in the fields.
Ex Schulman, Auction 355 (1 March 2018), lot 359
The elder son of Vespasian, Flavius Titus Vespasianus was born in AD 41 and seemed marked out for the life of an upper middle-class civil servant in the mold of his father. Vespasian won glory as a general during Claudius' invasion of Britain, and Titus grew into an intelligent, handsome, and charming young man, who became his father's second in command for the Judaean campaign of AD 66-69. When Nero's regime collapsed in Rome, Vespasian seized the throne and Titus took over direction of the Judaean War, which culminated in the storming of Jerusalem in AD 70. Returning to Rome at the head of several legions, Titus was suspected of planning a coup, but he warmly greeted his father and was granted a stupendous triumph. Titus next served as Praetorian Prefect and was utterly ruthless in protecting his family's stranglehold on power. When Vespasian died, in AD 79, Titus was proclaimed emperor, many feared he would be another Nero or Caligula. However, he soon emerged as an uncommonly benevolent ruler.
The reverse likely represents the bronze heifer by the 5th century BC Athenian sculptor, Myron. The sculpture was one of the artifacts of spoils, displayed in the Templum Pacis (Temple of Peace) constructed after the Jewish War.
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Titus, as Caesar (AD 79-81). AV aureus (20mm, 7.18 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 76. T CAESAR IMP-VESPASIANVS, laureate head of Titus right / COS V, heifer of Myron standing right. RIC II.1 (Vespasian) 868. Calicó 734. Sharp portrait on glistening flan, displaying prominent cartwheel flowlines in the fields.
Ex Schulman, Auction 355 (1 March 2018), lot 359
The elder son of Vespasian, Flavius Titus Vespasianus was born in AD 41 and seemed marked out for the life of an upper middle-class civil servant in the mold of his father. Vespasian won glory as a general during Claudius' invasion of Britain, and Titus grew into an intelligent, handsome, and charming young man, who became his father's second in command for the Judaean campaign of AD 66-69. When Nero's regime collapsed in Rome, Vespasian seized the throne and Titus took over direction of the Judaean War, which culminated in the storming of Jerusalem in AD 70. Returning to Rome at the head of several legions, Titus was suspected of planning a coup, but he warmly greeted his father and was granted a stupendous triumph. Titus next served as Praetorian Prefect and was utterly ruthless in protecting his family's stranglehold on power. When Vespasian died, in AD 79, Titus was proclaimed emperor, many feared he would be another Nero or Caligula. However, he soon emerged as an uncommonly benevolent ruler.
The reverse likely represents the bronze heifer by the 5th century BC Athenian sculptor, Myron. The sculpture was one of the artifacts of spoils, displayed in the Templum Pacis (Temple of Peace) constructed after the Jewish War.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-titus-as-caesar-ad-79-81-av-aureus-20mm-718-gm-5h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-4-5/a/3091-31046.s?type=CoinArchives3091
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 15000-20000 USD