TITUS SILVER DENARIUS – CAPRICORN ISSUE STRUCK IN AD 79 WHEN VESUVIUS ERUPTED – XF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (Inv. 20143)

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20143. ROMAN EMPIRE. TITUS, AD 79–81.
Silver Denarius, 3.51 g, 18 mm. Issue of Rome after July 1, AD 79.
Obv. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head of Titus right. Rev. TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, capricorn left, over globe.
RIC II.1 rev, 37.
NGC graded XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, a coin minted at the time when Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum.