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| ERIC The Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins by Rasiel Suarez
Titus Augustus 79-81 Titus succeeded Vespasian, his father, when he died. Unlike Vespasian, however, the reign of Titus was short-lived and tragic. He had to deal with the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that obliterated Pompey by coordinating relief efforts in the area as well as related rebuilding projects. From this catastrophe he went to play the same role following a major fire that broke out in Rome only to have an outbreak of plague decimate the population shortly after that. In the face of these disasters all he could do would be to throw city-wide parties in hopes of restoring some morale. He himself died not long afterwards of obscure causes and would be widely mourned by Roman citizens. It 's easy to imagine his power-hungry and restless brother playing a part in his untimely death, and historians do like to speculate about this possibility but there is frankly not much evidence to base such a charge.
Squished in between the long reigns of Vespasian before and Domitian afterwards, Titus only gets a brief year as emperor. However, he kept the mints working overtime during that short period and under Vespasian he was Caesar for a long time. All this adds up to plenty of coins of his still around today even if they are a bit more expensive. Most available will be the Denarius a common type of which can be found for around $100. The big copper of the day is well represented also but will be quite a bit more expensive in anything but filler grade. Busts: 1) Bare head right 2) Laureate head left 3) Laureate head right 4) Laureate, cuirassed bust right 5) Laureate, draped bust right 6) Radiate head right
Obverses:1) DIVO AVG T DIVI VESP F VESPASIANO 2) DIVO TITO 3) DIVVS TITVS AVGVSTVS 4) IMP CAES T VESP AVG GERM 5) IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG PM TR P PP COS VII 6) IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG PM TR P PP COS VIII 7) IMP T CAES P AVG PM TR P COS VIII 8) IMP T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P COS VII 9) IMP T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P COS VIII 10) IMP T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P PP COS VII 11) IMP T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P PP COS VIII SC 12) IMP T CAES VESP AVGVST PM TR P COS VIII 13) IMP T CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS II 14) IMP T CAESAR COS III 15) IMP T CAESAR DIVI VESPAS F AVG 16) IMP T CAESAR VESPASIANVS 17) IMP T CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG 18) IMP T VESP AVG COS VIII 19) IMP TITVS CAES VESP AVG PM TR P PP COS VII 20) IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM 21) IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR P COS V 22) IMPERATOR T CAESAR AVGVSTI F 23) T CAES IMP 24) T CAES IMP AVG F PON TR P COS VI CENSOR 25) T CAES IMP AVG F TR P COS VI CENSOR 26) T CAES IMP PON TR P COS II CENS 27) T CAES IMP PON TR P COS III CENS 28) T CAES IMP PON TR POT 29) T CAES IMP PONT 30) T CAES IMP PONT TR P COS V CENSOR 31) T CAES IMP TR POT 32) T CAES IMP VESP CEN 33) T CAES IMP VESP CENS 34) T CAES IMP VESP P TR P CENS 35) T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT 36) T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT CENS 37) T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P COS V 38) T CAES VESP IMP PON TR POT COS II CENS 39) T CAES VESPAS IMP P TR P COS II 40) T CAES VESPAS IMP PON TR POT COS II 41) T CAES VESPASIAN IMP P TR P COS II 42) T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II 43) T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS III CENS 44) T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS VI 45) T CAESAR AVG VESPASIANVS COS VII 46) T CAESAR IMP COS II CENS 47) T CAESAR IMP COS III CENS 48) T CAESAR IMP COS IIII 49) T CAESAR IMP COS V 50) T CAESAR IMP PONT 51) T CAESAR IMP VESP 52) T CAESAR IMP VESP CEN 53) T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN 54) T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN COS VI 55) T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS 56) T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS COS VI 57) T CAESAR IMPER PONT 58) T CAESAR VESPAS IMP PON TR POT 59) T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP III PON TR POT II COS II 60) T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP IIII PON TR POT II COS II 61) T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP IIII PON TR POT III COS II 62) T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT 63) T CAESAR VESPASIANVS 64) T CAESAR VESPASIANVS TR P COS II 65) T CAESAR VESPASIANVS TR P COS VI 66) T DIVO AVG DIVI VESP F VESPASIANO 67) TITVS IMP
Reverses:1) AEQVITAS AVGVST 2) AEQVITAS AVGVSTI 3) AETERNIT AVG 4) AETERNIT AVGVST 5) AETERNITAS 6) ANNONA AVG 7) ANNONA AVGVST 8) BONVS EVENTVS AVGVSTI 9) CAESAR DOMITIAN COS DES II 10) CERES AVG 11) CERES AVGVST 12) CIVITATIBVS ASIAE RESTITVT 13) CONCORD AVG 14) CONCORDIA AVG 15) CONCORDIA AVGVST 16) CONCORDIA AVGVSTI 17) CONGIAR PRIMVM P R DAT 18) CONSECRATIO 19) COS IIII 20) COS V 21) COS VII DES VIII PP 22) COS VI 23) COS VII 24) DIVO AVG VESP SPQR 25) DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESP 26) DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIAN 27) DIVVS VESPASIAN 28) DOMITILLAE IMP CAES VESP AVG SPQR 29) FELICIT AVGVST 30) FELICIT PVBLIC 31) FELICITAS PVBLIC 32) FELICITAS PVBLICA 33) FIDES PVBL 34) FIDES PVBLICA 35) FORTVNA AVGVST 36) FORTVNAE REDVCI 37) GENI P R 38) GENIO P R 39) IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMIT AVG PM TR P PP 40) IMP T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P COS VIII 41) IMP T VESP AVG REST 42) IMP VIII 43) IMP XIIII 44) IOVIS CVSTOS 45) IVD CAP 46) IVDAEA CAPTA 47) IVDAEA DEVICTA 48) IVLIA AVGVSTA DIVI TITI F 49) MEMORIAE DOMITILLAE SPQR 50) NEP RED 51) PAX AVG 52) PAX AVGS 53) PAX AVGVST 54) PAX AVGVSTI 55) PIETAS AVGVST 56) PON MAX TR P COS VI 57) PON MAX TR POT PP COS V CENS 58) PON TR POT 59) PONTIF TR P COS III 60) PONTIF TR P COS IIII 61) PONTIF TR P COS V 62) PONTIF TR POT 63) PONTIF TRI POT 64) PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS 65) PROVIDENT AVGVST 66) PROVIDENTIA COS VII 67) ROMA 68) ROMA VICTRIX 69) SALVS AVG 70) SALVTI AVGVSTI 71) SECVRITAS AVG 72) SECVRITAS AVGVST 73) SECVRITAS AVGVSTI 74) SPQR 75) SPQR OB CIV SER 76) TR P COS VII DES VIII PP 77) TR P IX IMP XV COS VII 78) TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII PP 79) TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII 80) TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII PP 81) TR P VIIII IMP XV COS VII PP 82) TR POT COS III CENSOR 83) TR POT COS IIII 84) TR POT COS VI CENSOR 85) TR POT VII COS VI 86) TR POT VIII COS VII 87) TR POT VIIII COS VII 88) VESP PON TR P 89) VESTA 90) VIC AVG 91) VICTORIA AVG 92) VICTORIA AVGVST 93) VICTORIA AVGVSTI 94) VICTORIA NAVALIS 95) No legend
Types: 1) Aequitas standing left, holding scale and scepter 2) Aeternitas standing left, holding heads of Sun and Moon; altar to left 3) Aeternitas standing right with foot on globe, holding cornucopia and scepter 4) Altar 5) Altar, dolphin above 6) Altar, two ravens and wreath above 7) Anchor, dolphin coiled around it 8) Annona seated left, holding grain ears 9) Annona standing left, holding Aequitas and cornucopia; modius and grain ears to left, galley prow to right. 10) Boar advancing right 11) Branches 12) Bull butting right 13) Caduceus, winged 14) Capricornus over globe to left 15) Capricornus over globe to right, cornucopia above. 16) Carpentum being pulled by two mules 17) Ceres seated left, holding grain ears and torch 18) Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and scepter 19) Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and torch 20) Chair; dolphin below 21) Chairs (2), wreath atop 22) Coliseum 23) Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia 24) Cornucopiae (2), crossed, with winged caduceus in between 25) Cow standing right 26) Eagle standing on cippus, facing 27) Eagle standing on globe 28) Eagle standing right 29) Elephant standing left 30) Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia 31) Felicitas standing left, holding cornucopia and scepter 32) Fides standing left, holding patera and cornucopia 33) Fortuna standing left on cippus, holding rudder and cornucopia 34) Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia 35) Galley prow right; star above 36) Genius standing left, holding patera and grain ears 37) Genius standing left, sacrificing at altar and holding cornucopia 38) Hands, in handshake, holding caduceus and grain ears 39) Hands, in handshake, holding winged caduceus and grain ears. 40) Jupiter standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding scepter 41) Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy. 42) Mars standing left, holding spear and trophy 43) Neptune standing left, stepping on globe, holding acrostolium and trident. 44) Oxen (2) standing left 45) Palm tree; Judea seated to left and captive standing to right 46) Palm tree; Judea seated to left and weapons to right 47) Palm tree; Judea seated to right and Titus standing to left, stepping on globe, holding spear and parazonium 48) Palm tree; Judea seated to right and weapons to left 49) Pax seated left, holding branch 50) Pax seated left, holding branch and scepter 51) Pax standing left, holding branch and caduceus 52) Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopia 53) Pax standing left, holding caduceus and branch 54) Pax standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia 55) Pax standing left, leaning on cippus with purse atop, holding branch and winged caduceus. 56) Pax standing left, leaning on cippus, holding branch and caduceus 57) Pax standing left, leaning on cippus, holding branch and caduceus; altar to left 58) Pax standing left, leaning on cippus, holding branch and cornucopia 59) Pax standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding caduceus with branch 60) Pegasus 61) Pig and three piglets standing left 62) Providentia standing, facing away, leaning on column and with legs crossed, holding spear and helmet. 63) Quadriga riding left, carrying grain ears. 64) Roma seated left, holding Victory and parazonium 65) Roma seated left, holding Victory and spear 66) Roma seated left, holding wreath and parazonium 67) Roma seated left, holding wreath and trophy. 68) Roma seated right, holding spear; wolf suckling Romulus and Remus to right and birds in fields. 69) Roma standing left, holding Victory and spear 70) Salus seated left, holding patera 71) Salus seated left, holding patera and scepter 72) Securitas seated left, holding scepter; modius to left 73) Securitas seated right, holding scepter and resting head on arm; altar to right 74) Shepherd seated left, milking a sheep 75) Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt. 76) Standards (3) 77) Table; thunderbolt atop 78) Temple with (4) columns, statue within and to either side. 79) Temple with (6) columns 80) Throne; grain ears atop 81) Titus and Domitian standing, facing each other, shaking hands; Pietas standing in center background 82) Titus riding horse left, receiving Palladium from Roma to left, stepping on globe. 83) Titus riding quadriga left 84) Titus riding quadriga right, holding scepter with eagle atop and branch 85) Titus seated left among weapons, holding branch. 86) Titus seated left, holding Victory and spear 87) Titus seated right, holding scepter and branch 88) Titus standing left, stepping on galley prow, holding Victory and spear; two supplicants and palm tree to left 89) Titus statue on rostral column, facing, holding scepter and resting hand on hip 90) Trophy; captive kneeling right at base 91) Trophy; captive kneeling to right, holding standard 92) Trophy; seated captive on either side 93) Venus standing right, leaning on cippus, holding helmet and spear. 94) Vespasian seated left, holding branch and scepter. 95) Vespasian seated left, holding Victory and scepter 96) Vesta seated left, holding Palladium and scepter 97) Vesta seated left, holding Palladium and torch 98) Victory advancing left, holding shield reading SPQR 99) Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm 100) Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm 101) Victory seated left, holding wreath and palm 102) Victory standing left on galley prow, holding wreath and palm 103) Victory standing left, leaning on cippus, holding cornucopia and palm 104) Victory standing right, holding shield reading VIC / AVG on palm 105) Victory standing right on galley prow, holding wreath and palm 106) Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath and palm 107) Victory standing right, holding wreath and palm 108) Wolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus; boat below 109) Wreath, goat standing left within
Mints: 1) Asia 2) Lugdunum 3) Roma AU Aureus Reference(s) 1) B3, O20, R78, T007 RIC II 26a, BMC 71, C 308 2) B3, O20, R80, T089 RIC II 10, BMC 12 3) B3, O35, R95, T106 VIC AVG across fields RIC 158 (II, Vespasian), C 352 4) B3, O52, R51, T057 RIC 168a (II, Vespasian), BMC 110, C 131 5) B3, O55, R05, T002 RIC 209 (II, Vespasian), BMC 302, C 13 6) B3, O55, R20, T025 RIC 188 (II, Vespasian), BMC 187, C 53 7) B3, O55, R95, T068 Exe: COS VI RIC 194 (II, Vespasian), BMC 223, C 64 8) B3, O63, R11, T018 RIC 219 (II, Vespasian), C 30
AR Tetradrachm 9) B3, O20, R95, T076 RIC II 74, BMC 149, C 398
AR Antoninianus (Posthumous) 10) B6, O02, R18, T004 RIC 82b (IViii, Trajan Decius), C 405 11) B6, O02, R18, T028 RIC 81a (IViii, Trajan Decius), C 404
AR Denarius 12) B2, O20, R78, T007 RIC II 26b, C 310 13) B2, O20, R78, T021 RIC II 25b, C 319 14) B2, O20, R78, T077 RIC II 23b, C 314 15) B2, O20, R80, T014 16) B3, O17, R11, T018 RIC II 28, C 31a 17) B3, O17, R79, T090 RIC II 1, C 334a 18) B3, O20, R08, T036 RIC II 31, S 2503, C 25
19) B3, O20, R21, T077 RIC 266 (II, Vespasian) 20) B3, O20, R78, T005 RIC II 27a, C 321 21) B3, O20, R78, T006 RIC II 27b, C 321 22) B3, O20, R78, T007 RIC II 26a, S 2517, C 309 23) B3, O20, R78, T021 RIC II 25a, C 318 24) B3, O20, R78, T029 RIC II 22a, C 303 25) B3, O20, R78, T077 RIC II 23a, S 2513, C 316 26) B3, O20, R78, T080 RIC II 24a, C 313 27) B3, O20, R78, T092 RIC II 21a, C 306 28) B3, O20, R79, T063 RIC II 6, C 276 29) B3, O20, R79, T089 30) B3, O20, R79, T090 RIC II 5, C 274 31) B3, O20, R80, T014 RIC II 7, S 2510, C 280 32) B3, O20, R80, T017 RIC II 8, S 2508, C 270 33) B3, O20, R80, T089 RIC II 10, C 272 34) B3, O20, R80, T093 RIC II 9, S 2507, C 268 35) B3, O20, R80. T063 RIC II 12, C 277 36) B3, O33, R63, T087 RIC 169 (II, Vespasian), C 168 37) B3, O33, R69, T070 38) B3, O35, R50, T043 RIC 155 (II, Vespasian), C 121 39) B3, O35, R95, T047 40) B3, O51, R95, T011 COS III in field RIC 172 (II, Vespasian), C 47 41) B3, O53, R20, T026 RIC 191a (II, Vespasian) 42) B3, O53, R60, T049 RIC 185 (II, Vespasian), C 162 43) B3, O55, R22, T042 RIC 195 (II, Vespasian), C 65 44) B3, O55, R44, T040 RIC 176 (II, Vespasian), C 106 45) B3, O55, R64, T093 46) B3, O55, R66, T093 47) B3, O55, R86, T063 RIC 206 (II, Vespasian), C 336 48) B3, O55, R86, T090 RIC 208 (II, Vespasian), C 334 49) B3, O55, R95, T044 Exe: COS VI RIC 197 (II, Vespasian), S 2440, C 67 50) B3, O62, R06, T008 RIC 218d (II, Vespasian), S 2436, C 17 51) B3, O62, R95, T061 Exe: IMP XIII RIC 220 (II, Vespasian), S 2443, C 104 52) B3, O63, R11, T018 RIC 219 (II, Vespasian), S 2437, C 31 53) B5, O35, R16, T023 RIC 365 (II, Vespasian), C 44 54) B5, O35, R50, T043 RIC 366 (II, Vespasian) 55) B5, O35, R95, T047 RIC 367 (II, Vespasian) 56) B5, O35, R95, T084 RIC 368 (II, Vespasian), S 2435, C 358 AE Sestertius Reference(s) 57) B2, O09, R30, T030 RIC II 89, C 74 58) B2, O09, R54, T052 59) B2, O09, R95, T075 RIC II 100, C 222 60) B3, O06, R53, T052 RIC II 181 61) B3, O06, R53, T052 RIC II 94, C 139 62) B3, O06, R95, T041 RIC II 182, C 203 63) B3, O06, R95, T045 64) B3, O09, R53, T052 RIC II 95, C 139 65) B3, O24, R67, T069 RIC 772 (II, Vespasian), C 184 66) B3, O38, R95, T084 Exe: SC RIC 645 (II, Vespasian), C 226 67) B3, O42, R93, T104 RIC 614 (II, Vespasian), C 385 68) B3, O60, R95, T041 RIC 636 (II, Vespasian), C 201 69) B3, O61, R95, T041 70) B4, O59, R95, T088 Exe: SC
AE Dupondius 71) B2, O50, R82, T024 RIC II 813c (II, Vespasian) 72) B3, O50, R82, T024 RIC II 813a (II, Vespasian) 73) B6, O06, R67, T066 Exe: SC RIC II 183, C 189
AE As 74) B2, O09, R01, T001 RIC II 121b, C 5 75) B2, O26, R02, T001 C 8 76) B2, O27, R82, T105 RIC 670 (II, Vespasian), C 363 77) B3, O41, R94, T105 RIC II 627, C 387 78) B3, O49, R01, T001 RIC 676 (II, Vespasian), C 3
AE Semis 79) B3, O15, R95, T046 80) B3, O23, R58, T013 RIC 807 (II, Vespasian), C 156 81) B3, O57, R95, T048 RIC 812 (II, Vespasian), C 225
Titus Busts
Titus Types
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