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Sestertius - Titus S C, Spes
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 76 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse lettering | T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS V (Translation: Titus Caesar Vespasianus Imperator, Pontifex [Maximus], Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum. Titus Caesar Vespasianus, supreme commander (Imperator), [high] priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time.) |
| Reverse description | Spes, the personification of Hope, stands in full figure facing left in the central field. She extends her right hand forward holding a flower or blossom, while her left hand gathers and raises the hem of her drapery in the canonical gesture associated with this deity. The figure is rendered in a slender, elongated style against a plain field. The senatorial authorisation mark S C (Senatus Consultum) is placed on either side of the standing figure, flanking her at mid-field. |
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This sestertius was struck under Titus as Caesar, during the co-regency period of Vespasian's reign — before Titus became emperor in his own right in 79 AD. The Spes type belongs to a broader Flavian program of dynastic messaging, reinforcing Titus as the designated successor at a moment when the new dynasty, only seven years old, still needed to project continuity. Vespasian had seized power through civil war; the coinage of his son was one instrument for normalizing the succession.