Watch List notes:

Titus, as Caesar, 69-79. Aureus (Gold, 19 mm, 7.23 g, 12 h), Rome, struck under Vespasian, 73. T CAES IMP VESP CENS Laureate head of Titus to right. Rev. PONTIF TRI POT Titus seated right on curule chair, holding long scepter in his right hand and olive branch in his left. Antike Kunst (1967), 492 corr. (this coin, but with the description of no. 491 = lot 301 in our catalogue). BMC 114. Calicó 753. Cohen 168. RIC 555. A lovely example with a bold Flavian portrait. Tiny marks on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, privately acquired from Münzen & Medaillen AG on 18 July 1964 (with a photocopy of the original invoice enclosed).