Three Judaea Capta Related Sestertii

Triton XVII, Lot: 665. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 23.25 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAE VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVDΛEA CAPTΛ, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, bound male captive standing right; to right, Jewess seated right in attitude of mourning; both figures surrounded by arms. RIC II 159 note; BMCRE 533; cf. BN 489-90; Hendin 1500. Good VF, green and brown patina, smoothed and tooled.