Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1415. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.13 g, 7h). "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, palm tree; to right, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated right on cuirass, round shield before; to left, Jew standing right with his hands tied behind his back; two spears, a hexagonal and a round shield behind. RIC II 424; Hendin 773; BMCRE 533; BN 490 var. (arms on reverse); Cohen 234. VF, hard dark green patina, flan crack, die break on reverse. Well centered and struck. ($4000)