134, Lot: 348. Estimate $200. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TITUS, as Caesar. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.44 g). Struck 72 AD. Laureate head right / Titus on horseback right, spearing enemy. RIC II 613 (Vespasian); BMCRE 634 (Vespasian); Cohen 236. Fine, dark green, almost black, patina, some scattered roughness, particularly on the portrait.

In July of 71 Titus was given the title imperator and the tribunician power, thus elevating him to co-ruler with Vespasian. Most coins struck in Titus' name in 71 and 72 relate to his elevation as well as to his victories in the Jewish War. Although the significance of this reverse type is uncertain, it is likely related to Titus' other coinages from this period that celebrate his elevation to power and his successful completion of the suppression of the revolt in Judaea.