ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN EMPIRE, Vespasian, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (26.58g). 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 (RIC 167; BMC 543; C 239; RCV 2327). Some very light smoothing in fields, attractive green-brown patina. Extremely fine.
ex Spink Numismatic Circular, (April 2007, vol CXV, no.2), item RM3404 (illustrated on the front cover).
Estimate: $ 3,500