393, Lot: 236. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ As (27mm, 11.22 g, 7h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 77-78. Laureate bust right, globe at point of bust / Palm tree; to left, shields, helmet, spears, and vexillum; to right, Jewess seated right on cuirass, in attitude of mourning. RIC II 1268 (Vespasian); Lyon 115 (D315/R316); Hendin 1562. VF, brown and dark brown with traces of red patina, areas of minor porosity.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 989.