Superb Colosseum Denarius

5685583.

SOLD $5500

Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. IMP • TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M •, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, elephant, wearing armor, walking left on exergual line. RIC II.1 115; RSC 303; BMCRE 43-6; BN 37-9. Light iridescent toning, minor metal flaw on obverse. Superb EF. An absolutely gorgeous coin in hand.

Ex Yves Gunzenreiner Collection (Leu Numismatik AG 1, 25 October 2017), lot 186; Gorny & Mosch 114 (4 March 2002), lot 260.