1512. Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.52 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck after 1 July AD 79. [IMP] TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head left / TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII, Venus, seen half from behind, naked except for drapery around hips, standing right, resting left elbow on column, holding transverse spear in left hand and helmet in extended right hand. RIC II 16; RSC 268a var. (P P at end of obv. legend); BMCRE 11 var. (same); BN -. EF, attractively toned, some green deposits. Boldly struck. Very rare. ($1500) From the Sierra Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 686; Numismatica Ars Classica 5 (25 February 1992), lot 448.
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1513. Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck after 1 July AD 79. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right / TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, Venus, seen half from behind, naked except for drapery around hips, standing right, resting left elbow on column, holding transverse spear in left hand and helmet in extended right hand. RIC II 34; RSC 268; BMCRE 9-10; BN 9-10. Near EF, bright surfaces, lightly toned. ($1000) From the Sierra Collection.
1514. Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.27 g, 12h). 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, dolphin coiled around anchor. RIC II 112; RSC 309; BMCRE 72-5; BN 60-3. EF, toned, traces of deposits. Bold portrait. ($1000)
1515. Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.57 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 80. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, elephant, wearing armor, walking left on exergual line. RIC II 115; RSC 303; BMCRE 43-6; BN 37-40. Superb EF, toned. Boldly struck with fresh dies. ($2000) From the Sierra Collection. Ex New York Sale XIV (10 January 2007), lot 268; Arthur Bally-Herzog Collection (Münzen und Medaillen 93, 16 December 2003), lot 127.
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