80-81 AD., Titus for Vespasianus, Rome mint, Denarius, RIC 359b.

Vespasian, Rome mint, struck under Titus, 80-81 AD.,
Denarius (17-18 mm / 3,45 g), silver, axis coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS , laureate head of Vespasian right.
Rev.: E - X / S C , E-X across upper field, round shield inscribed S C, set on low column, surmounted by an urn, flanked by laurel branches.
RIC II (new) 359b (Titus) ; RIC II [old 1962], 123, 62 (scarce) (Titus) ; Coh. 149 (Vespasianus) ; RSC 149 (Vespasianus) ; BMC 125 (Titus) ; CBN 98 (Titus) .

One of a series of 4 posthumous denarii struck in Rome by Titus following the deification of Vespasian in 80 AD.; victory and trophy ( a continuation of a reverse Vespasian issued before his death in 79 AD.), two capricorns supporting a shield, and an ornamental quadriga. And this denarius, two laurels flanking a column and shield with an urn placed on top. The urn presumably contains the ashes of the deified Vespasian. The laurels evoke those planted outside Augustus' door. The shield with the inscribed S C show the divus honours voted to Vespasian by the senate.
The EX SC rarely seen on the reverse of precious metal coinage during the empire likely refers to the deification honor bestowed by the Senate. This Divus Vespasian type comes in two variations: One variant with E and X flanking the column; the other with E and X flanking the urn as seen here, which is slightly less common. RIC makes a distinction between the two in the plates as 'a' and 'b' but does not assign them their own catalogue numbers.

lustrous and well centered
ex Gorny GmbH, ca. 1990s, no. 618