Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 79, to 24 June. T CΛESΛR IMP VESPΛSIΛNVS, laureate head right / TR POT VIII COS VII, Venus, naked except for slight drapery around thighs, standing right, right leg bent, resting left arm on column, holding helmet on extended right hand and transverse spear in left. RIC II.1 1078 (Vespasian); RSC 332; BMCRE 255A (Vespasian); BN 223-4 (Vespasian). Iridescent toning. Near EF.
From the DMS Collection, purchased from Pegasi, May 2005.