Ancient and Islamic Coins, Antiquities

Titus (as Cæsar), Aureus, Rome, 77-8, t caesar imp vespasianvs, laureate bust right, rev. Roma seated right on two oval shields, holding transverse spear, flanked by two flying eagles, to right miniature she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, cos vi in exergue, 7.29g (Calicó 738; RIC Vespasian 954; BMC 223). Light surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine with underlying bloom £5,000-£6,000

Provenance: Found in Carlisle (Cumbria) 2013 (PAS DUR-FF7235)