Titus as Caesar, AR Denarius, 72-73 (?), Antioch
T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT
Laureate, draped bust right, seen from behind
(No Legend)
Titus in slow quadriga right, scepter in left hand, branch in right
?mm, ?g
RIC II, 368 (Vespasian) (S) ...
RIC 5
Titus Denarius. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right / TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, Capricorn left, below, a globe. Cohen 280. Text ...
Titus, né le 30 décembre 39, est le fils aîné de Vespasien. Il a suivi son père en Judée où il est légat de la XVe légion Apollinaris.
Titus [b. 41] nearly died from poison administered to his friend Britannicus, son of Claudius. He was military tribune and quaestor in 65, then legion commander in the Judaean campaign, which he took over upon Vespasian's accession.
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RIC56, Julia Titi: Denarius (0069AD-0079AD) ...
Titus (AD 79-81)
19 mm. 6:00. 3.06 grams.
Superb! Fourrée. Only the most minor break in the silvering just off the tip of the nose, at 5:30, and at 1:00 on the reverse.
There are some scratches in the reverse fields where corrosion was removed.
Titus Didius, AR denarius, 113-112 BC
Our next coin shows several minor points of interest to numismatists. The family of the moneyer was responsible for coin issues only twice, here in 113-112 BC and later in c.55 BC.
Titus 69 -81 CE
Obv: Emperor's bust right.
Rx: Judaea Captive; Captive kneeling right in from of trophy; TR P VIIII IMP XV COS VII PP.
RIC 116 17 ...
Titus Aurelius Fulvius Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius (September 19, 86 - March 7, 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161.
22. Titus, A.D.79-81, copper as (under Vespasian).
23. Nerva, A.D. 96-98, brass dupondius.
24. Trajan, A.D. 98-117, gold aureus.
*260 TITUS. 79-81. AR Denarius. Bust r/2 Jewish captives seated back to back, under trophy. Scarce Judaea Capta issue. H-788, SR-2511. Choice VF+ $400 ...
Titus, as caesar, AD 69-79, AR Denarius (3.6g). Emperor head rt./IOVIS CVSTOS, Jupiter sacrifices over altar, Rome mint, AD 74-79, RIC(Vesp.) 176; RSC 105a.
Picture Titus (Emperor, 79-81). AR Denarius. Laurate head right / Throne. TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P. (S846) aF/F. Legend on obverse crisp except at two ends, portrait has little detail. Legend on reverse weak in places but almost entirely readable.
JULIA, daughter of Titus. Died in the reign of Domitian, between 81 and 96 A.D.
DOMITIA, wife of Domitian. Died around 140 A.D. in the reign of Antoninus Pius.
PLOTINA, wife of Trajan. Died 129 A.D.
Imperial, Titus to Maximinus. Inscr., ΦΛΑΟΥΙ. ΝΕΑΠΟΛ. ΣΑΜΑΡΕ or ΦΛ.
VESPASIAN, commemorative struck by Titus in AD 79, Silver denarius, RSC-144. Obverse: bust of Vespasian right with "DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS" around.
After the destruction of Jerusalem and the fall of Masada to Titus, the Romans counteracted the slogans on Jewish coins with their own propaganda.
The next grouping is 4 coins of Titus from Samaria, Judaea Capta (in Greek) around trophy of Armour on reverse. All 4 countermarks appear to have the laureated, bearded heads of Hadrian, to right in rectangle.
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This shows the Flavius amphitheatre, which Emperor Vespasian began building around 75 AD and Emperor Titus inaugurated in 80 AD.
2 cent
This shows the Mole Antonelliana, a tower designed in 1863 by Alessandro Antonelli.
The next most popular coins are any of the twelve Caesars: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian. Later coins are less popular, easier to find, and comparatively less expensive.
Borotinki
Small Polish coins of bad quality, made in 1649-1660, named after the Polish mint master Titus Livius Borotinki.
bourse
Term synonymous with coin show.
Celebrating the defeat of the Jews by Titus, acting as general for his father, the emperor Vespasian, these coins show a Jew and a Jewess mourning under a palm tree. In Fine, such a coin might bring over $500.
The portrait, however, is different, and consultation with Roman coin references shows that this coin is struck by Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus, a.k.a Antoninus Pius, and not Elagabalus.
The tribunician power was generally assumed at the commencement of each new reign, though some emperors had already received it during their predecessor's reign (eg Tiberius, Titus, Marcus Aurelius, etc.).
Bassett Company of New Haven which, according to company tradition, had been purchased by Titus Street, the founder of the Bassett Company. Apparently it was thought the safe had previously been owned by the firm of Broome and Platt.
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