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166, Lot: 168. Estimate $100.
Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Titi. Augusta, AD 79-90/1. Æ Dupondius (26mm, 10.42 g). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Draped bust right / Vesta seated left, holding palladium and sceptre. RIC II 180 (Titus); BMCRE 257; Cohen 18. Good Fine, greenish-brown patina, rough surfaces.


The only child of Titus, Julia was born about 65 AD and was granted the title of Augusta during her father's short reign (79-81). After Titus' death Julia's husband, her cousin Flavius Sabinus, served as Domitian's colleague in the consulship for 82, but two years later he was executed on the emperor's orders. Thereafter, the widowed Julia, still only nineteen, began living with her uncle Domitian as his mistress. On her early death in 91 she was deified and Domitian issued sestertii commemorating “Diva Julia Augusta”.