Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1554. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.32 gm, 6h). Judaea Capta issue. Rome mint. Struck 71 AD. Laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, holding parazonium and sceptre, left foot on helmet; to right, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated right on cuirass. RIC II 427; Hendin 775; BMCRE 543; Cohen 239. VF, dark green patina with patches of brown and light green. Well centered and struck with full legends. ($5000)