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Nomos 19

17 November 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 2250 CHF
Hammer Price:  1800 CHF
Lot 257

Julia Titi, Augusta, 79-90/1. Dupondius (Orichalcum, 27.5 mm, 12.92 g, 7 h), Rome, 80-81. IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA Draped bust of Julia Titi to right, her hair tied up in a bun at the top of her head. Rev. S-C / VESTA Vesta seated to left, holding Palladium in her right hand and long scepter in her left. BMC 257-258 (Titus). BN 271-4. Cohen 18. RIC² 398. Struck from the same dies as UBS 78, 2008, 1572. Rare. With a charming portrait and a fine dark green patina. Has been very professionally cleaned and with somewhat smoothed surfaces mainly on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection.

Julia Titi was the only child of the emperor Titus, born to his second wife, Marcia Furnilla in 64. He divorced her the following year but Titus kept custody of Julia. While she was married to a cousin, T. Flavius Sabinus, she nevertheless became the mistress of her father's brother, Domitian. After the death of both her father and her husband, she openly lived with Domitian for a time when his official wife Domitia was out of favor. She died in 91 of what may have been complications following a miscarriage. This coin, issued by her father Titus, shows her as a beautiful girl of seventeen.

Online bidding closes: 17 Nov 2019, 10:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 16:21:54 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1800 CHF

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