CNG 84, Lot: 981. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.52 g, 7h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, palm tree; to left, Vespasian, holding spear and parazonium, standing right, foot on helmet; to right, Jewess seated right on cuirass, in attitude of mourning. RIC II 167; Hendin 775. VF, attractive dark green patina.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.