CNG 97, Lot: 636. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.57 g, 5h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / VIC T ORIA AVGVSTI, S C in exergue, Victory standing right, foot on helmet, inscribing with her right hand a shield held in her left hand and set on palm tree; to right, Jewess seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC II 221; Hendin 1508. Near EF, dark brown patina, some red. Rare.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 27 (12 May 2004), lot 354.