Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1747. Estimate $7500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Sold For $15100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (25.13 g, 7h). "Judaea Capta" issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, holding spear and parazonium, left foot on helmet; to right, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated right on cuirass. RIC II 427; Hendin 775. Near EF, wonderful jade green and gray patina.
Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 597.