Vespasian as Procurator

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 694. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Sepphoris (Diocaesaraea). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Nero, AD 54-68. Æ 24mm (17.03 g, 12h). Vespasian, procurator. Dated CY 14 (67/8 CE). Crossed cornucopias over caduceus; name of Vespasian in legend / Legend in four lines; date above; all within laurel wreath. RPC 4849; SNG ANS 1085. Good VF, dark green patina. Exceptional.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.