ANCIENT COINS, Roman, Vespasian (AD 69-79), Æ Sestertius, struck AD 71, IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head facing right, rev IVDAEA CAPTA, palm-tree, Vespasian on left, standing right, holding a spear and a parazonium, his left foot resting on a helmet, Judaea on right, seated to right, S C in exergue, 26.58g, 6h (RIC 167; BMC 543; C 239; RCV 2327). Some very light smoothing in fields, attractive green-brown patina, nearly extremely fine.
ex Spink Numismatic Circular, April 2007, vol CXV, no.2, item RM3404
Estimate: £3000-3500