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ID number:  BIRBI-R1031
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.; Crete Hoard
Maker:  Titus; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 80
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  3.48
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 601. N.B. two of Haines's records say different things: either bought at Spink in 1923, or presented to him by Earle Fox in 1923, and formerly part of the Crete Hoard.

Description: Obverse: Bust of Titus, laureate, r.
Reverse: Dolphin r. on tripod.

Inscriptions: Obverse: (anticlockwise) IMP TITVS CΛES VESPΛSIΛN ΛVC P M (Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasian Augustus, head of the principal college of priests).
Reverse: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P (Tribune of the people for the ninth time, Emperor for the fifteenth time, Consul for the eighth time, father of the fatherland).

Bibliography: RIC II 2nd ed. 128

5 Related People
	Titus Roman 39 81
	Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian
	Crete Hoard
	Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14
	Earle Fox, H. B. British 1863 21 March 1920

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