Justice in the Hour of Triumph
A Judaean Revolt Reference Coin

CNG 94, Lot: 1169. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (27mm, 15.82 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate head right / Nemesis standing right, lifting fold of dress and holding olive branch. RIC II 828d; Strack 704δ; BMCRE 1615. Good VF, brown patina, with some green, a few old cleaning marks, areas of minor roughness. Impressive strike on an oversized flan.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.

RIC II, p. 327 provides historical background for this coin type. “The subjection of the Jewish revolt in A.D. 135 leads to a “Pax” type and several victories, – the most interesting one the Nemesis- Pax-Victoria of Claudius and Vespasian, implying respect for justice in the hour of triumph.”