Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Sestertius, 25.04 (7h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: T CAES VESP IMP PON TR POT COS II CENS Head laureate right. Rx: S C in exergue, Titus riding in quadriga right, holding scepter and branch, large wreath on front of car and on side Victory advancing right holding out small wreath as though to crown the large one. RIC 611 (R2), pl. 41 = Paris 671, pl. LVII (same rev. die). BM 668, pl. 27.1 (same rev. die). Hendin 1542. Cohen 226 (12 Fr.). Rare depiction of Titus' Jewish triumph on a sestertius, continued from several of Titus' earlier COS II isses. This later issue, with COS II CENS for Titus and COS IIII CENS for Vespasian, is very rare on sestertii with any reverse type. Very dark olive patination. VG/Fine
Acquired from a Fred Knobloch list, December 1965