High Relief Portrait

339, Lot: 347. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.13 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Antioch mint. Struck AD 72-73. Laureate head right / Palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, holding spear and parazonium; to right, Jewess seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC II 1558; Hendin 1490; RPC II 1930; RSC 645. Good VF, a few light deposits.