54, Lot: 127. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIA TITI, daughter of Titus. Æ Dupondius (13.80 gm). Struck 80-81 AD. IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair tied in a bun at back of head / S C across field, VESTA in exergue, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left, holding palladium and transverse sceptre. RIC II 180 (Titus); BMCRE 257; Cohen 18. VF, green patina. Rare. ($500)

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 AD). After Titus' death, Julia's husband, her cousin Flavius Sabinus, served as Domitian's colleague in the consulship for 82 AD, 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."