Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.32 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 72-73. T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT, laureate head right / Titus, laureate, standing in triumphal quadriga right, holding branch in right hand and scepter and reins in left. RIC II.1 370 (Vespasian); Hendin 6497; Calicó 722a (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 520 (Vespasian; same dies); BN 73 (Vespasian); Biaggi 390; Jameson 72. Underlying luster, faint hairlines, may have been once ring mounted. Good VF. Rare.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Spink America, December 1997. Ex I. Vecchi 8 (4 December 1997), lot 250.