406, Lot: 699. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 24.38 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVDΛEΛ CAPTA, palm tree; to left, bound captive Jew standing right; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass in attitude of mourning; both figures surrounded by arms; S C in exergue. RIC II 159; Hendin 1500. VF, dark green patina with touches of red, a bit of roughness.

From the George Bernert Collection.