Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1915. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.94 gm). "Judaea Capta" issue. Struck 71 AD. IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVDEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, Jewess in attitude of mourning, seated right beneath palm tree; to left, captive Jew with hands tied behind back standing right; captured weapons behind. RIC II 424 note; BMCRE -; BN 489-491 var. (JVDAEA); Cohen 232 var. (same). EF, green-black patina, light porosity. Amongst the finest known! [See color plate 13] ($20,000)