Two High Grade Judaea Issues

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 596. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $7750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (3.37 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P, laureate head right / IVDAEA DEVIC[TA], draped Jewess standing left, head slightly bowed, hands tied in front of her; behind, palm-tree bearing fruit. RIC II 289; Lyon 12 (unlisted dies); Hendin 770; RSC 243; BMCRE 388; BN 297. Good VF, deep gray toning, two shallow edge test cuts. Extremely rare. One of the finer known examples.