431, Lot: 383. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33.6mm, 24.15 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVDAEA 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 and brown patina.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 244 (6 March 2017), lot 480 (hammer of €1,700; incorrectly attributed to RIC II 233); Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 43 (26 February 2016), lot 261 (incorrectly attributed to RIC II 1134).