389, Lot: 609. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.55 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, holding spear and parazonium, foot on helmet; to right, Judaea in attitude of mourning seated right on cuirass; arms. RIC II 235; Hendin 1511. Fine, green and brown patina, some cleaning marks and roughness.

From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor.