Watch List notes:

Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 25.94 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) 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.1 1134; Hendin 1543; Lyon 27 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 800; BN –. Green-brown surfaces, minor roughness. VF. Rare.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection, purchased from Amphora (David Hendin).