★ The Heifer of Myron ★

TITUS (Caesar, 69-79). GOLD Aureus. Rome.

Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN.
Laureate head right.
Rev: COS V.
Heifer of Myron walking right.

RIC² 857 (Vespasian); Calicó 733.

The reverse reproduces the bronze statue made by the sculptor Myron around 450 BC for the Acropolis in Athens on the occasion of the Panathenaean festivals, later brought to Rome in the time of Vespasian. A marble copy is still kept on the Esquiline at the church of St. Eusebius.

Condition: Good fine.

Weight: 6.97 g.
Diameter: 21 mm.