Titus, as Augustus (AD 79-81). AR denarius (20mm, 6h). NGC Choice VF, flan flaw. Rome, after July 1 AD 79. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head of Titus right / TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, Venus Callipyge, seen half from behind, nude to hips, standing right, resting left elbow on column, transverse scepter in left hand, helmet in outstretched right. RIC II.1 34. The reverse image of Venus is likely modeled after the marble Roman statue - Aphrodite Kallipygos (Callipygian Venus) - from the late 1st century BC, in turn thought to be a copy of an older Greek statue, and literally means "Venus (Aphrodite) of the beautiful buttocks."

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