Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1555. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $2700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.46 gm, 5h). Judaea Capta issue. Rome mint. Struck 71 AD. Laureate head right / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield hung on palm-tree; below shield, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated left. RIC II 468 var. (Jewess seated right); Hendin 778 var. (same); BMCRE 582 var. (same); Cayon 253; Cohen 625. Good VF, brown patina, brassy highlights, slight die shift on obverse. Attractive. ($3000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.