| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 717 Price realized: 25,000 USD (Approx. 22,898 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Vitellius. AD 69. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.61 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck circa late April–20 December. A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR P, laureate and draped bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, S C across field, Victory, naked to waist, standing right, left foot set on helmet, inscribing OB/ CIVES/ SERV in three lines on round shield attached to palm tree. RIC I 123 corr. (shield inscription: SERV, not SER); Hendin 6489; BMCRE 62-3; BN 96 corr. (S C across field, not in exergue). Brown and green patina, smoothing, light tooling. Good VF. Bold portrait. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Berk BBS 103 (28 July 1998), lot 584; Michael F. Price Collection (Stack's, 3 December 1996), lot 146; Stack's (8 December 1993), lot 2158; Galeries des Monnaies & Crédit de la Bourse (6 November 1976), lot 61; Apostolo Zeno Collection (Part I, Dorotheum, 13 June 1955), lot 340. The victory noted on the reverse of this impressive sestertius can only be the impending defeat of Jewish rebels in Judaea. As David Hendin notes in Guide to Biblical Coins, "Vitellius... apparently knew Vespasian, his chief rival for the throne, was approaching victory. In an effort to consolidate and spread word of his power, Vitellius issued the first Judaea Capta coins." Estimate: 7500 USD |  |
