Onyx gem seal with a bust of Titus, AD 79-81. He is shown crowned with bay, his chest covered by an aegis, and holding a sceptre. The tip of the sceptre is decorated with an orb on top of which stands an eagle. Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale 14546. Andreae, B., Cancik, H., Cavallo, G. et al., Princeps Urbium: Cultura e Vita Sociale dell' Italia Romana, Libri Scheiwiller, Milan 1991, fig. 154. © Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Firenze.

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