ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Vespasian (AD 69-79), Æ Sestertius, struck AD 71, Judaea Capta series, IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head of Vespasian facing right, rev CAP[TA] IVDAEA, palm-tree, a male captive stands on left, facing to right, mourning Jewess sits on cuirass on right, facing to right, arms lay around both figures, SC in exergue, 25.86g, 7h (RIC 162; BMC -; Hendin 1500c; Sternberg XXVII, November 1994, lot 392). Some surface erosion on the reverse, brown tone, very fine and an extremely rare variety.
ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior auctions, 8 December 1993, lot 123
Estimate: £1000-1500