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Sestertius - Titus PAX AVGVST S C, Pax

Issuer Roman Imperial Mint
Year 80-81
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse script Latin
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Mintage ND (80-81)
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Titus issued this Pax type in the immediate aftermath of two catastrophes: the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, which buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, and a devastating fire that swept Rome in 80 AD. The peace invoked was less a political statement than a theological appeal — an attempt to reassure a population that the gods had not entirely abandoned them. Titus died in September 81 after a reign of just over two years, making his bronze issues a compressed series produced under extraordinary pressure.

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