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Titus - dolphin & anchor
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - ROMAN EMPIRE (1st CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) ROMAN EMPIRE Titus, AD 79-81 |
| Item Description: |
AR Denarius rv dolphin & anchor |
| Full Grade: |
NGC XF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5 |
| Owner: |
PAL Collection |
Owner Comments:
NGC Rated "FINE STYLE".
The dolphin coiled around anchor on the reverse appears on many Roman coins of this era. The design evokes the Latin phrase, "festina lente", meaning “make haste slowly” or “hasten slowly”, with the dolphin representing “haste” and the anchor “slowly”. Emperor Augustus often chided his military commanders to “hasten slowly” because he considered rashness a very dangerous quality for an officer.