Rare 'Judaea Capta' Sestertius

389, Lot: 617. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.51 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 72. T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II, laureate head right / S C across field, Titus, in military dress, on horseback right, with cloak floating behind him, raising spear, about to transfix foeman, who lies prostrate on ground, looking upward, holding oblong shield and sword. RIC II 430; Hendin 1524a. VF, dark brown surfaces, some earthen highlights, minor recutting, some roughness. Rare.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.