358, Lot: 320. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 24.57 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. Laureate head right / IVDΛEΛ CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, bound male captive standing right; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass in attitude of mourning; both figures surrounded by arms. RIC II 159; Hendin 1500. VF, dark gray and red-brown surfaces, some areas of roughness.