Vespasian Æ Sestertius. Judaea Capta series. Rome, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing right, with left foot on helmet, inscribing shield set on palm tree, Judaea seated to right in attitude of mourning; SC in exergue. RIC 221; C. 624; BMCRE 582; Hendin 1508. 26.22g, 35mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine; gentle smoothing on rev. A superb portrait preserved in fine detail, with a reverse design of sculptural quality.
Ex Christopher Corbally Browne Collection, Sotheby's, 25 March 1935, lot 192.