Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 299

Price realized: 1,600 CHF   (Approx. 1,819 USD / 1,689 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Vespasian, 69-79. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 33 mm, 26.61 g, 6 h), Rome, 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. IVDAEA CAPTA / S C Palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, resting his left foot on helmet, holding spear in his right hand and parazonium in his left; to right, Jewess in attitude of mourning seated right on cuirass, propping her head on right her hand. BMC 543. BN 497-8. Cohen 239. Hendin 6534. RIC 167. A well centered example of this highly desirable type. Repatinated, otherwise, very fine.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired from J. P. Fontanille on 8 June 2016.

Starting price: 750 CHF