Third Known

CNG 94, Lot: 1154. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Semis (17mm, 2.94 g, 6h). Rome mint for circulation in Syria. Struck under Vespasian, AD 74. T • CAES • IMP •, laureate head right / PON • TR • POT •, winged caduceus. RIC II 1575 (Vespasian; “quadrans”); McAlee 393; RPC II 1998; BMCRE 882 (Vespasian); BN 898. VF, dark brown patina, reddish earthen deposits. Extremely rare, seemingly the third known, and the only one in private hands (the other two are in London [BM] and Paris [BN]).

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 1502 (hammer of $700).