CNG 87, Lot: 989. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ As (26mm, 11.26 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” issue. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 77-78. Laureate bust right, globe at point of bust / Palm tree; to left, shields, helmet, spears, and vexillum; to right, Jewess seated right on cuirass, in attitude of mourning. RIC II 1268 (Vespasian); Lyon 115 (D315/R316); Hendin 1562. VF, brown, dark brown, and red patina, areas of minor porosity.