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Aureus with head of Titus, struck under Vespasian
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 76
Mint: Italy, Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 7.19 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number68.14
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Titus, laureate, right.
TCAESAR IMPVESPASIAN
Reverse: Aeternitas stands turned to left holding heads of Sun and Moon above altar.
AETER NITAS
TCAESAR IMPVESPASIAN
Reverse: Aeternitas stands turned to left holding heads of Sun and Moon above altar.
AETER NITAS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Vicomte de Ponton d'Amécourt Collection; by 1887: with Rollin et Feudardent, 4, Rue de Louvois, 4, Paris (auction of Vicomte de Ponton d'Amécourt collection, April 1887, no. 164); by date unknown: Hall Park McCullough Collection; by 1967: with Stack's, 123 West 57th Street, New York (Stack's auction of Hall Park McCullough Collection, November 22, 1967, lot 857); 1967: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; January 10, 1968: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.