Titus. Denarius

Titus; 79-81 AD, Rome, ca. July 79 AD, Denarius, 3.06g. RIC-6 (R2), Paris-1, BMC-p. 432, RSC-270a. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, Laureate head r. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII, Ceres seated l. holding wheat ear and poppy in r. hand, torch in l. Rare early issue of Titus as Augustus not yet naming him P(ater) P(atriae), Father of his Country; Titus apparently accepted this title quite soon after the beginning of his ninth tribunician year on 1 July 79. Ex HJB BBS 198, June 2016, lot 372; Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 52, June 1997, lot 232.. Toned EF / VF