Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80.

CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 1035. Estimated: $ 200

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Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 1 January-30 June AD 80. Laureate head right / Trophy of arms; to left, Britannia seated left in attitude of mourning; to right, bound British captive seated right. RIC II.1 102; RSC 306. Toned, some marks and scratches under tone. VF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (14 November 1984), lot 239.

This denarius commemorates Agricola’s victory in Britain at the river Tay, for which Titus was proclaimed imperator for the fifteenth time. Beginning in AD 77, Gnaeus Iulius Agricola, legate of Britannia, began expanding Roman control over the rest of the island. He pushed northward into Scotland and defeated the Caledonians at Mons Graupius in AD 83.

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