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Aureus - Titus VESTA
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 73 |
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| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
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| Obverse description | Bare-shouldered, draped bust of Titus as Caesar, laureate, facing right, the wreath rendered in fine relief with individual berries and leaves clearly articulated. The portrait displays the characteristic Flavian physiognomy with a strong jaw and short hair beneath the laurel crown. The surrounding legend is arranged clockwise in Latin capitals within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | T CAES IMP VESP CENS (Translation: Titus Caesar Imperator Vespasianus, Censor. Titus, Caesar, supreme commander (Imperator), Vespasianus, censor.) |
| Reverse description | The Temple of Vesta depicted as a tetrastyle rotunda set upon a multi-tiered stepped podium, the conical domed roof surmounted by a finial, with four columns supporting the entablature and a standing figure of the Vestal priestess visible between the columns in the interior. Flanking figures appear to either side of the temple steps, possibly representing attendants or divine personifications. The legend VESTA is inscribed in the upper field. The design commemorates the sacred hearth sanctuary in the Roman Forum, evoking Flavian dynastic piety. |
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