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Aureus with head of Titus, struck under Vespasian

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 74
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.22 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number54.40
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, right.
TCAESAR IMPVESP
Reverse: Fortuna standing, turned to left on low base, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left.
PONTIF TRPOT
ProvenanceBy 1954: with Jacques Schulman, Keizersgracht 448, Amsterdam, (Jacques Schulman auction, January 19, 1954, lot 673); purchased by MFA from Jacques Schulman, February 11, 1954, for $657.25 (the total price for MFA 54.37-54.41)