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Lot 3420 SESSION 11 (Friday at 9.30am) Roman
Estimate $300
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SOLD $280
TITUS, (A.D. 79-81), silver denarius, Rome mint, issue of A.D. 79, (3.442 grams), obv. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG [P M], laureate head to right, rev. TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, radiate figure on rostal column, (S.2509 [£140 VF], RIC 10, BMC 13, RSC 272). Good very fine, some mint bloom around letters and very rare in this condition.
Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 74 (lot 4768) together with the ticket from CNG (US$250). The reverse is copied from a coin of Octavian. The Reka Devnia hoard of 88,044 silver coins contained 431 coins of Titus but only 6 of this variety.
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