Lot 3411

Description

Titus, restoration issue in the name of Augustus, (issued A.D. 80). AE as, Rome mint, (9.53 grams), obv. radiate head to left, around DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, rev. eagle standing left facing on globe with open wings, around IMP T VESP AVG REST, SC across, (S.2583, RIC 197, C 551 [Augustus]). Dark patination, otherwise very fine or better and rare with the Boyd ticket.

Ex W.C. Lincoln, London, February 1899 and the William C. Boyd Collection, sold Baldwin's Auction, September 26, 2005 (lot 200 for £260 + 17.625%).