Bold Titus Aureus
872. Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 76. T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN, laureate head right / COS V, heifer standing right. RIC II 857 (Vespasian); Calicó 733; NAC 49, 162 (same rev. die). Near EF, toned. Bold strike on both sides. ($7500) The reverse of this coin may derive from the type found on an uncertain, possibly eastern, mint aureus of Augustus. While the significance of that type or its connection to one of the four sculptures of heifers by the Greek sculptor Myron is open to discussion, Mattingly (BMCRE p. xxxviii) unquestioningly associated the reverse of this coin with the relocation by the emperor Vespasian of one of the statues from the Porticus Apollonis, where it had been placed by Augustus, to his new Temple of Peace two years before this coin was issued (Proc. Goth. VIII.21.11-14).
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873. Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 79. Laureate head left / Ceres seated left, holding grain ears, poppy, and torch. RIC II 6; RSC 270 var. (head right). Near EF, toned. Excellent silver quality. Rare with laureate head left. ($750) 874. Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck January-June AD 80. Laureate head right / Dolphin coiled around anchor. RIC II 112; RSC 309. Good VF, attractively toned, tiny flan flaw and short scratch on neck. ($300) From Collection RW.
875. Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 7778. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right / COS V, captive kneeling right, holding vexillum. RIC II 959 (Vespasian); Calicó 819. VF, a few shallow cleaning scratches, traces of deposits. ($5000)
876. Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.28 g, 8h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Laureate head right / Garlanded and lighted altar. RIC II 266 (Titus); RSC 397a. Choice EF, toned. ($500)
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