Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 2267 Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $200
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SOLD $220
TITUS, (A.D. 79-81), issue struck at Rome as Caesar in A.D.74, AE As, obv. T CAESAR IMP COS III CENS, head laureate to left, rev. S C, Spes advancing to left, holding flower and skirt, (cf.S.834, cf.RIC 669 [obv. head to r.], see BMC note p.163 as published R.It., 1892, p.16). Attractive dark green patina, very fine, extremely rare.
Ex. Lanz Graz Auction X, December 3, 1977 (lot 392) illustrated and described as RRRR. The ancients worshipped Spes (hope) as a divinity, she had her temples and altars but nothing is known what was sacrificed to her. Her personification on coins usually at the beginning of a reign, suggest either favourable anticipations which the people expected of him or the expectations which he wished to raise respecting himself.
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