Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1553. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.09 gm, 6h). Judaea Capta issue. Rome mint. Struck 71 AD. Laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, palm tree; to left, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated left; one round and one hexagonal shield and helmet before tree; to right, Jew standing left with his hands tied behind his back; arms scattered around. RIC II 426; Hendin 774; BMCRE 540; Cohen 238. Good VF, emerald green patina with areas of brown, light smoothing in fields, minor roughness. Extraordinary reverse detail. ($2000)