Watch List notes:

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.44 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass, right hand on knee, left hand propping her head in attitude of mourning. RIC II 167; Hendin 1504; BMCRE 543-4; BN 498. Green patina, a few minor smoothing marks, patina chipped in a few spots along edge. Good VF.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Lanz 150 (13 December 2010), lot 254.