Sestertius - Titus SALVS AVGVSTA S C; Salus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) (69-79)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	77-78
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	23.7 g
Diameter	34 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 250166
References	RIC II.1# 1249 Ian Carradice, Theodore Vern Buttrey, Jr.; 2007. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2.1. Vespasian – Domitian (AD 69–96) (Second revised edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2_1(2).ves.1249 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Titus, laureate, right; globe at point of neck.

Script: Latin

Lettering: T CAES IMP AVG F PON TR P COS VI CENSOR

Translation:
Titus Caesar Imperator Augusti Filius, Pontifex [Maximus], Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Censor.
Titus, Caesar, supreme commander (Imperator), son of the emperor (Augustus), [high] priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, censor.

Reverse

Salus seated left, holding patera and sceptre.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SALVS AVGVSTA S C

Translation:
Salus Augusta. Senatus Consultum.
The venerable health. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (77-78)

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