Triton XVI, Lot: 1062. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.14 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA around, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, with left foot set on helmet, holding vertical spear in right hand and cradling parazonium in left arm; to right, Jewess seated right on cuirass, propping her head on her left hand in attitude of mourning. RIC II 167; Hendin 1504; BMCRE 543-4; BN 498. VF, brown patina, some red and green, traces of earthen deposits, a few minor pits. Well struck for issue.