CNG 91, Lot: 881. Estimate $2500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.83 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / Palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; to right, Jewess seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC II 167; Hendin 1543 (Lyon). Good VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing, some roughness on reverse. Attractive portrait.