CNG 90, Lot: 1493. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 22.56 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / Palm tree; to left, Victory standing right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield set on tree; to right, Jewess seated right. RIC II 221; Hendin 1507. VF, green and brown patina, areas of minor smoothing.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.