Aureus - Titus TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P

This aureus belongs to the year of the Colosseum's inauguration — Titus opened the amphitheater in 80 AD with 100 days of games, an event so resource-intensive it reportedly required the slaughter of 9,000 animals. The tribunician and imperial acclamation numerals in the title pin the issue to that precise administrative window, making it contemporary with one of the most documented spectacles in Roman history.