Divus Augustus
Æ Sestertius.
hracian mint.
Restitution issue struck under Titus,
AD 80-81.
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, Augustus, radiate, seated left, holding laurel-branch over lighted altar, and sceptre / IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, REST
above large S C; legend around. RIC II 184 (Titus); Komnick Type 1.0, 5 (V1/R5); RPC II 511; Cohen 548; BMCRE 261 (Titus) var. 19.6g, 34mm, 8h.
This type is part of a restitution coinage issued under Titus to commemorate the deification of his father Vespasian.
