Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ As (27mm, 8.07 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 77-78. Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; arms to left; to right, Judaea seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC II.1 1233; Lyon 91; Hendin 6593. Dark brown patina, some porosity and earthen encrustation, areas of bare copper showing through. Fine.
From the A. Short Collection, purchased from David Hendin.