A Run of “Judaea Capta” Commemoratives

CNG 103, Lot: 819. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.74 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass, in attitude of mourning. RIC II 167; Hendin 1504. VF, dark gray patina, traces of green and red, some roughness.