Denarius - Titus NEP RED, Neptune

This denarius was struck for Titus as Caesar under Vespasian, during the immediate aftermath of the Jewish War — the same campaign that ended with the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD and the sack of Jerusalem. The Neptune reverse type is almost certainly connected to the sea crossing that transported Vespasian's forces and, later, the triumphal spoils westward. RIC II.1 1561 is among the better-documented Caesarean issues of the period, attributable to an eastern mint, most probably Ephesus, which was producing heavily during these years to fund Flavian consolidation.