right on cuirass in attitude of mourning below palm tree. RIC 626 (R3), pl. 42 = BM 672. Hendin 1560, pl. 50 (this coin). About VF $800 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from David Hendin; this is the plate coin in the current fifth edition of Hendin’s Guide to Biblical Coins. Apparently only the second or third specimen recorded: the others are BM 672, acquired with the Hamburger Collection in 1908, and a specimen in an Italian private collection reported by F. Gnecchi in R. It. 1893, p. 283, which may or may not be the same coin as either BM 672 or our piece. Our coin is from the same dies as BM 672, whose reverse is illustrated in RIC, pl. 42, 626, and whose obverse die, according to RIC p. 104, note 115, is the same as RIC 638 on the same pl. 42.
687. Dupondius, 9.99g (6h). Rome, 74 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP COS III CENS Head radiate right. Rx: FELICITA - S - PVBLICA S - C Felicitas standing left holding short caduceus and cornucopia. RIC 742 (C). BM 707. Paris 729. Cohen 81. Excellent portrait. VF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
688. Dupondius, 13.34g (6h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: T CA[ES]AR IMP COS V Head radiate right. Rx: FELICIT - AS - PVBLICA S - C Felicitas standing left holding short caduceus and cornucopia. RIC 909 (R). Paris 761. Cohen 84 (Paris). BMC p. 170 (citing Cohen). VF/Good $400 VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
686. As, 10.96g (6h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP PON TR P COS II CENS Head laureate right. Rx: S - C across field, Domitian on horse prancing left, raising right hand and holding scepter surmounted by human bust in left. RIC 633 (R2), pl. 42 (Oxford, rev. only, same die as ours). BMC p. 155 note (BNS 1884). VF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Ponterio. Possibly a mule combining an obverse of Titus with a reverse type meant for Domitian Caesar (RIC p. 104, note 117). Very rare: quoted in BMC from BNS 1884, RIC 633 cites specimens in Oxford and Budapest.
An apparent die break obscures the letters ES in the obverse legend. COS V bronzes of Titus are scarce: only one such As, no dupondii or sestertii, in the BM collection by 1976.
689. As, 11.45g (6h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP COS V Head laureate right. Rv: S - C across field, Spes advancing left holding flower and raising skirt. RIC 914 (R). BM 728. $375 Cohen 212 (no source). VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. 169