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Auction 30  9 January 2013
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Lot 283

Estimate: 3000 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. ROMAN. Vespasian (A.D. 69-79), AE Sestertius, 25.86g, 7h. Struck in A.D. 71. Judaea Capta series. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head of Vespasian facing right. Rev. CAP[TA] IVDAEA, palm-tree, a male captive stands on left, facing to right, mourning Jewess sits on cuirass on right, facing to right, arms lay around both figures, SC in exergue (RIC 162; BMC -; Hendin 1500c; Sternberg XXVII, November 1994, lot 392). Some surface erosion on reverse, brown tone, very fine. An extremely rare variety.
Ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior, 8 December 1993, lot 123

Estimate: $3,000
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