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Lot number: 22134

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Ancients
Titus, as Augustus (AD 79-81). AR denarius (18mm, 6h). NGC Choice Fine. Rome, AD 80, January 1-July 1. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head of Titus right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, wreath on two curule chairs. RIC II.1, 108.

This coin is part of an "atonement" series struck in connection with the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum several months before.

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