Vespasian, 69-79. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 35 mm, 25.38 g, 7 h), Rome, 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. IVDAEA CAPTA / S C Mourning Jewess seated right at the base of a palm tree; to left, Jew standing right, with his hands tied behind his back; behind him, pile of arms. BMC 533. Cohen 234. RIC 159. Dark brown patina with a good portrait of Vespasian. Flan crack and some smoothing, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of W. M. Stoecklin, Winterthur, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1981.