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Triton XIX Sessions 1 & 2  5 January 2016
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Lot 514

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 16 000 USD
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Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.23 g, 6h). 'Judaea Capta' commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 79. IMP CΛESΛR VESPΛSIΛNVS ΛVG, laureate head right / TR POT X COS VIIII, Victory, draped, right leg bare, stepping left and setting round shield on trophy, below which sits a captive left, veiled, mourning, with head propped on right hand. RIC II 1067; Hendin 1470 corr. (COS number); Calicó 684; BMCRE 245; BN –. Good Fine, toned. Extremely rare, the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris does not have an example, and Calicó uses only a line drawing, rather than a photo to illustrate this issue.

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