Aureus - Titus TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P; Venus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Titus (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) (79-81)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	79
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 250795
References	RIC II.1# 33 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).tit.33 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Titus, laureate, left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M

Translation:
Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus.
Supereme commander (Imperator) Titus Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest.

Reverse

Venus standing right, resting on column, holding helmet and spear.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Nona, Imperator Quartum Decimum, Consul Septimum, Pater Patriae.
Holder of tribunician power for the ninth time, Supreme commander (Imperator) for the 14th time, consul for the seventh time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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 (79)

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