330, Lot: 331. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 27.07 g, 7h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing, with left foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; to right, Jewess seated right on cuirass, in attitude of mourning. RIC II 167; Hendin 1504. VF, dark green surfaces, fields smoothed, some strengthening of details.