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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1019

Roman Empire, Titus (AD 79-81), AR Denarii (4): i) Rome, struck 79, IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right, rev. TR P VIIII IMP [...], statue on rostral column, 2.74g (RIC 10ff; BMC 28ff), softened but fine, a popular type, and the first from this hoard of Titus as Emperor; ii) another, struck January-June 80, IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right, rev. TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, elephant left, 2.86g (RIC 115; BMC 43), some scratches, but overall fine, a much-loved issue; iii) another, struck 80, IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head left, rev. TR P IX IMP V COS VIII PP, seat with frame decorated with corn-ears, 2.93g (RIC 125; BMC 61 var.), some corrosion to obverse, otherwise fine to good fine; iv) another, IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right, rev. TR P IX IMP V COS VIII P P, tripod with dolphin above, 2.52g (RIC 128; BMC 78), some marks, but overall good fine (4).

Provenance

The Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii, found at Little Busby, North Yorkshire, on 2 June 2021 [PAS YORYM-B64A28]


While the presence of Titus's Augustan issues in this hoard are relatively modest, each coin is an interesting and desirable type from his short-lived corpus. Carrying on the stylistic experimentation of the Vespasianic coinage, and presaging the high standard of craftsmanship and metallic purity under Domitian, Titus's reign is given a pleasing representation in this quartet.

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