Vespasian. Sestertius; Vespasian; 69-79 AD, Rome, 71 AD, Sestertius, 26.80g. RIC-167 (C3), BM-543, Paris-498, C-239 (12 Fr.). Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate r. Rx: IVDAEA - CAPTA S C Judaea seated r. on cuirass in attitude of mourning under palm tree, emperor standing r. on other side of tree, placing foot on helmet and holding spear and parazonium. Ex Hess, 6 January 1926, Arthur Löbbecke Collection, lot 1032. Judaea Capta types, as Kraay showed in his unpublished Oxford dissertation, become common on Vespasian's sestertii toward the middle of 71, doubtless in connection with the Jewish triumph that Vespasian and Titus celebrated at the end of June.Fields have been mechanically cleaned, but portrait and types are untouched. Green patination. . F
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