Three Judaean Reference Sestertii

CNG 105, Lot: 845. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 25.77 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Judaea seated left on cuirass; to right, male captive standing left; both figures surrounded by arms. RIC II 165; Hendin 1502. VF, dark brown patina, some green, has been varnished.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.23019.