Titus struck this issue in 79 AD, the year he became emperor following Vespasian's death in June — the same year Vesuvius buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in August. The Victoria type carried specific political weight for Titus, whose reputation rested almost entirely on the sack of Jerusalem in 70 AD and the triumphal procession that followed, making victory imagery the ideological cornerstone of his brief reign.
He would be dead by 81 AD, leaving this a two-year window of issue at most.
Titus struck this issue in 79 AD, the year he became emperor following Vespasian's death in June — the same year Vesuvius buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in August. The Victoria type carried specific political weight for Titus, whose reputation rested almost entirely on the sack of Jerusalem in 70 AD and the triumphal procession that followed, making victory imagery the ideological cornerstone of his brief reign.
He would be dead by 81 AD, leaving this a two-year window of issue at most.