TITUS SILVER PLATED DENARIUS – OFFICIAL FORGERY FROM THE ROME MINT – XF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (Inv. 21359)

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21359. ROMAN EMPIRE. TITUS, AD 79-81
Silver Plated Denarius, 18 mm. Seemingly official forgery of the Rome mint, ca. AD 81.
Obv. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN [AVG P M], laureate head of Titus right. Rev. TR P IX IMP [XV COS V]III P P, winged thunderbolt over draped throne.
Cf. RIC II.1, 119 (for prototype).
NGC graded XF, “core visible,” “ancient forgery,” the style and accuracy of the dies suggest this forgery was produced at the Rome mint.