CNG 84, Lot: 983. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.45 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / VIC-TORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield set on palm tree; to right, Jewess seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC II 221; Hendin 778. VF, green and brown patina, a few minor cleaning marks.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.