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As - Titus AEQVITAS AVGVST S C, Aequitas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 72 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Titus facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and laurel wreath. The portrait displays the characteristic Flavian physiognomy, with a strong jaw and prominent features. The circumferential legend runs around the periphery of the flan, identifying the future emperor by his titles. The truncation of the neck is plain, without drapery. The flan shows the slightly irregular, hand-struck character typical of Flavian-era bronze coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (72) |
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Struck under Titus as Caesar during the reign of Vespasian, this as belongs to a series that leaned heavily on personifications of equity and fairness — a deliberate messaging choice in the years immediately following the Year of the Four Emperors. Vespasian's government needed to project financial stability and legitimate authority after a decade of civil war and Neronian excess had badly eroded public trust in the imperial administration.
RIC II.1 #414 is catalogued under the reorganized second edition, which substantially revised the attributions of the 69–96 AD period first established by Mattingly and Sydenham.