| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 31071 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients Titus, as Caesar (AD 79-81). AV aureus (19mm, 7.21 gm, 8h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Rome, AD 76. T CAESAR-IMP VESPASIAN, laureate head of Titus right / COS V, heifer standing left. Calicó 736 (same rev. die). RIC II.1 (Vespasian) 859. This coin features an excellently detailed Fine Style portrait on a silky mellow flan. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3094 (19 August 2021), lot 33062; Harlan J. Berk, Buy or Bid Sale 193 (30 April 2015), lot 24. Flavius Titus Vespasianus was born in AD 41, the son of the successful general Vespasian. He grew into an intelligent, handsome, and charming young man who became his father's second in command for the Judaean campaign of AD 66-69. When Nero's regime collapsed, Vespasian marched on Rome while Titus took over direction of the Judaean war, which culminated in the storming of Jerusalem in AD 70. Titus next served as Praetorian Prefect and was utterly ruthless in protecting his family's stranglehold on power. When Vespasian died in AD 79 and Titus was proclaimed emperor, he soon emerged as an uncommonly benevolent and conscientious ruler. When the eruption of Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum, and a major fire swept Rome months later, his generous relief measures won wide admiration. The historian Tacitus went so far as to call Titus the "darling of the human race." However, his reign was destined to be short: Only two years after his accession he fell ill and died on 1 September AD 80 at the age of 40. Perhaps he was fortunate in the brevity of his reign, for the string of natural disasters had emptied the treasury and storm clouds were gathering on the military front. His brother Domitian, capable but far less affable, succeeded him. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-titus-as-caesar-ad-79-81-av-aureus-19mm-721-gm-8h-ngc-au-5-5-3-5-fine-style/a/3115-31071.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 20000-30000 USD |  |
