431, Lot: 390. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33.3mm, 26.47 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 72. Laureate head right / Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy. RIC II 460 (Vespasian). Good VF, attractive dark green patina with a few tiny chips, some minor smoothing. Great portrait.
Ex AMP Collection of Roman Numismatic Portraiture (Numismatica Ars Classica 98, 12 December 2016), lot 1116; Gorny & Mosch 185 (8 March 2010), lot 244 (hammer of €1,760).