Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1116. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VESPASIAN. 69-79 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.38 gm, 6h). 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, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated right on cuirass under palm tree; to left, Titus, in military outfit standing right, left foot on helmet, holding reverted spear in right hand and cradling parazonium in left arm. RIC II 427; Hendin 775 var. (IVDEA CAPTA); BMCRE 543; BN 498; Cohen 239. VF, light brown and pale orichalcum surfaces, trace of pitting on neck. Choice. ($2000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 45 (21 October 1986), lot 437.