Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1924. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002. Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (28.11 gm). "Judaea Capta" issue. Struck 72 AD. Lugdunum mint. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS IIII, laureate head right, globe at point of bust / IVDAEA [C]APTA, S C in exergue, Jewess in attitude of mourning, seated right beneath palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, holding reversed spear and parazonium. RIC II -; BMCRE 812; BN 814; Cohen -. VF, brown patina, handsome portrait, reverse corrosion. ($500)
From the Robert Schonwalter Collection. Information with the coin states that it was purchased from a dealer by the name of Ford in 1950, for the price of $6.90.