72, Lot: 92. Estimate $500. Sold for $655. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TITUS, as Caesar. 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.29 gm). Judaea Capta issue. Antioch mint. Struck 72 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Emperor in quadriga right, holding sceptre and olive branch. RPC II 1935; RIC II 368 (Vespasian) var. (laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind); RSC 395 var. (same); Hendin 789. Good VF. Strong portrait. A scarcer type related to the conquest of Jerusalem and the "effective" end of the First Jewish Revolt in 71.