Third Known

CNG 90, Lot: 1502. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Quadrans (17mm, 2.94 g, 6h). Rome mint (for use in Syria?). Struck under Vespasian, AD 74. T • CAES • IMP •, laureate head right / PON • TR • POT •, winged caduceus. RIC II 1575 (Vespasian); RPC 1998; BMCRE 882 (Semis - Vespasian); BN 898 (Semis). VF, dark brown patina, reddish earthen deposits. Extremely rare, the third known, and the only one in private hands (the other two are in London [BM] and Paris [BN]).