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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 850

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 11 000 USD
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Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 25.41 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, July-December AD 72. T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP III PON TR POT II COS II, laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis / S • C in exergue, Titus, laureate, standing in triumphal quadriga right, holding branch in right hand and scepter with human head at tip in left; on side of currus, Titus placing his right hand on the head of a Jewish captive, holding palm frond in left. RIC II.1 476 (Vespasian); Hendin 6561a (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 650 (same dies); BN –; Bromberg 622. Brown surfaces, minor roughness, some smoothing/cleaning marks. Good VF. Excellent portrait in high relief.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Leu 75 (25 October 1999), lot 1489; Robert Schonwalter Collection; Dr. Giorgio Giorgi Collection (Ratto, 26 January 1955), lot 447.
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