Triton XVIII, Lot: 1044. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.61 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES 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; BMCRE 533; BN 489-90; Hendin 1500. Near VF, attractive hard red-brown patina, areas of weak strike in legends. Attractive example of this popular type.