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Aftercast of a Sestertius of Titus with the Colosseum by Cavino

Aftercast of a Sestertius of Titus with the Colosseum by Cavino

r. 79-81 CE

Titus

Italian, Northern Italian

Obverse: Titus seated on chair, holding laurel branch; before him a tripod, behind him a shield. Below rocks. Reverse: The Coliseum seen from above. Four stories with columns. To the right a two-stores building, to the left the meta sudens.

Bronze

Modern

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