Extremely Rare Judaea Capta Issue

Triton XIX, Lot: 514. Estimate $5000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.23 g, 6h). ‘Judaea Capta’ commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 79. IMP CΛESΛR VESPΛSIΛNVS ΛVG, laureate head right / TR POT X COS VIIII, Victory, draped, right leg bare, stepping left and setting round shield on trophy, below which sits a captive left, veiled, mourning, with head propped on right hand. RIC II 1067; Hendin 1470 corr. (COS number); Calicó 684; BMCRE 245; BN –. Good Fine, toned. Extremely rare, the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris does not have an example, and Calicó uses only a line drawing, rather than a photo to illustrate this issue.