Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Denarius, 3.43g (6h). Rome, 77-8 AD. Obv: T CAESAR - IMP VESPASIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: Ornamented prow right, above which star with sixteen rays, eight prominent and eight in the background between the prominent ones. RIC 950 (R ). BM 226. Paris 202. Cohen 68 (8 Fr.). Rare: not in Reka Devnia hoard, only two specimens in Berk photofile and two others in CoinArchives Pro. EF/Choice EF
Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, Harry N. Sneh Collection, lot 322
This reverse type was copied from aurei and denarii of Ahenobarbus struck for Mark Antony in 40 BC, Crawford 521