Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 24.04 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 73. T • CAES • VESP • IMP PON • [TR • POT] COS II CENS, laureate head right / S • C in exergue, Titus standing right in triumphal quadriga right, holding [branch] in right hand and scepter in left; on currus, relief of Victory holding wreath and palm frond. RIC II.1 611 (Vespasian); Hendin 6572. Dark brown patina, roughness, porosity, smoothing. Good Fine. Very rare.
Ex Jetons Canada; Gemini XI (12 January 2014), lot 412, reportedly purchased from a Frederick S. Knobloch FPL, December 1965.
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