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TITUS AS CAESAR, (A.D. 79-81), AE dupondius, Commagene mint, issued A.D. 72, (10.1 grams), obv. laureate head of Titus to right, around T CAES VESPASIAN IMP P TR P COS II, rev. Pax standing to left, holding branch and cornucopiae, PAX AVGVSTA, S C across field, (cf.S.839, cf.RIC V609 [sestertius]). Scratches on the reverse, light porosity, otherwise good fine and excessively rare, apparently unpublished.
The issue was struck in A.D. 72, at the end of the Jewish Revolt and proclaims the Peace that Augustus (Vespasian and Titus) have given to Judaea now that the Jewish revolt has been put down. A sestertius is known for this year but fractions have not been reported in the literature.
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