CNG 112, Lot: 609. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.54 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass, right hand on knee, left hand propping her head in attitude of mourning. RIC II 167; Hendin 1504; BMCRE 543-4; BN 497-8. Green patina, some smoothing. Good VF.