Unpublished Variety

CNG 96, Lot: 773. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. AD 79-81. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.02 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. IMP TITVS CΛES VESPΛSIΛN ΛVG P M, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, tripod with fillets; above, dolphin right on wreath, flanked by raven left and right. Cf. RIC II 131 (denarius; see lot 776, below); Calicó 787 var. (no wreath or ravens on rev.); cf. BMCRE 82 (same); cf. BN 66 (same); Biaggi –. VF, toned, a few light marks on reverse. Unpublished as an aureus; apparently unique.