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LOT 3609

Sold for (Inc. bp): £494


Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III(?), laureate head to right / IVDAEA CAPTA, Jewess seated to right on cuirass under palm tree in attitude of mourning; behind palm, Jew standing to right, hands tied behind his back; in left field, shields; in exergue, S C. Cf. RIC II 159; cf. Cohen 232; cf. BMC 532. 25.28gr, 35mm, 7h.

Good Fine.

PROVENANCE:
From the Tenby collection.
Acquired from Naville Numismatics Ltd.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

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