Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XIX Sessions 1 - 2 - Session 2, 517 Numistats ref: 228089
No match
Category
Titus.
AD 79-81. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.19 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head left / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, female(?) African elephant standing left. RIC II –; Calicó 776; BMCRE –; Biaggi 376. VF. Rare variety with Titus’ head left.
The elephant on the reverse appears to be a female with teats depicted by the celator. African female elephants do have large tusks while their counterparts from the Asian species (
Elephas maximus
) have very small tusks or none at all.
Description
VF+
Grade
4185.13 EUR
Starting
6975.21 EUR
Estimate
12090.37 EUR
Realized