Exceptional Titus Thracian Mint Sestertius

Triton XV, Lot: 1517. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. AD 79-81. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.06 g, 7h). Uncertain mint in Thrace. Struck AD 80-81. IMP T CAES DIVI VES P F A-VG P M TR P P P COS VIII, laureate head right / PAX AVGVST, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and cornucopia; S C across field. RIC II 498; RPC 501. Good VF, green and brown patina, some red, minor deposits. Bold Flavian portrait.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Stack’s (4 December 2001), lot 179.