Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1115. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (30.58 gm, 6h). Judaea Capta issue. Rome mint. Struck 71 AD. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated right on cuirass under palm tree; one round and one hexagonal shield and [spear] before; to left, Jew standing right with his hands tied behind his back; [two spears], one round and one hexagonal shield behind. RIC II 424; Hendin 773; BMCRE 533 corr. (no spear before Jewess); cf. BN 490; Cohen 234 corr. (CAESAR). VF, emerald green patina, light smoothing in fields. ($1000)