Cited in Revised RIC

Triton XV, Lot: 1511. Estimate $10000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian after 1 July AD 73. T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP IIII PON TR POT III COS II, laureate head right / Mars advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy in left over left shoulder; S C across field. RIC II 563 (Vespasian; this coin cited); BMCRE –; BN –; NAC 27, lot 359 (realized 16,000 CHF). EF, dark green patina. Choice portrait. Extremely rare, one of only two known.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 1594.