ANCIENT COINS. ROMAN. Vespasian (A.D. 69-79), AE Sestertius, 27.36g, 7h. Struck in A.D. 71. Judaea Capta series. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III, laureate head of Vespasian facing right. Rev. DEVI[CTA] IVDAEA, Victory standing right, her left foot on helmet, inscribing a shield set on a palm-tree, Jewess sits mourning on right, S C in exergue (RIC 68; Hendin 1497b; BN 480). Some tooling and areas of surface erosion, dark brown tone, about very fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior, 8 December 1993, lot 124
Estimate: $6,000