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Denarius - Titus TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 80 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Titus facing left, rendered in the naturalistic portraiture style characteristic of Flavian imperial coinage. The portrait displays the emperor's distinctive features with a wreath of laurel encircling the head. The encircling legend runs clockwise around the periphery of the flan, separated from the central effigy by a border. The flan is irregular and slightly worn, as is typical of hammered silver denarii of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M (Translation: Supreme commander Titus Caesar Vespasian, emperor, high priest.) |
| Reverse description | A tripod-lebes, adorned with hanging fillets or ribbons, occupies the central field; a dolphin is depicted above the tripod bowl. The tripod is rendered with careful detail, its three legs and the suspended vessel clearly delineated. This reverse type alludes to the Ludi Saeculares games celebrated by Titus in AD 80 and carries strong religious and ceremonial connotations. The encircling legend, divided around the device, records Titus's accumulated imperial titles. The flan shows corrosion and surface deposits consistent with excavated or long-circulated silver of the first century AD. |
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