CNG 84, Lot: 979. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.35 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVD[AEA] CAPTA, palm tree; to left, Jew standing left, looking back, with his hands tied behind his back; to right, Jewess seated right on shield, in attitude of mourning; helmet on ground to left. RIC II 163 var. (Judaea seated on cuirass); Hendin 773. VF, brown patina, area of flat strike, some roughness on reverse. Rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.