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Electronic Auction 515  4 May 2022
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Lot 526

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 300 USD
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Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck January-June AD 80. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, pulvinar (throne) of Mars and Venus: curule chair, above which is a wreath. RIC II.1 108; RSC 318. Toned, flan flaws, scrape on obverse and reverse. VF.

This reverse type belongs to the "atonement" coins, issued shortly after the volcanic eruption which destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii.
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