ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Vespasian (AD 69-79), Æ Sestertius, struck AD 71, Judaea Capta series, IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III, laureate head of Vespasian facing right, rev DEVI[CTA] IVDAEA, Victory standing right, her left foot on helmet, inscribing a shield set on a palm-tree, Jewess sits mourning on right, S C in exergue, 27.36g, 7h (RIC 68; Hendin 1497b; BN 480). Some tooling and areas of surface erosion, dark brown tone, about very fine and extremely rare.
ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior auctions, 8 December 1993, lot 124
Estimate: £1800-2200