CNG 96, Lot: 672. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Judaea Capta. Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ (20mm, 8.06 g, 1h). Caesarea Maritima mint. Struck circa AD 71-73. Laureate head right; c/m’s: galley (emblem of the Legio X Fretensis) and uncertain design (head right or another galley?), each within rectangular incuse / Nike standing right, resting left foot on helmet, inscribing shield attached to palm tree. Meshorer 381b (for type with galley and head c/m’s); Hendin 1446a (same); Sofaer 8 (same); RPC II 2311; for galley c/m: Howgego 409. Fine, earthen black patina.