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Gemini, LLC > Auction IXAuction date: 9 January 2012
Lot number: 451

Lot description:


Titus. 79-81 AD. Sestertius, 24.09g. (6h). Uncertain Thracian Mint, 80-1 AD. Obv: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII Head laureate right. Rx: IVD - CAP and S - C across field, Palm tree, at base of which Judaea seated left on cuirass, supporting head with hand in mourning, and Jew standing right, hands tied behind back, yoke to right. RIC 500 (R2). RPC 503 (7 specimens). BMC p. 433, addenda to p. 294 (acquired 1971). Hendin 1596a, pl. 52 (this coin). A rare type at this provincial mint, not in Cohen. Numerous isolated pits, otherwise close to EF.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

Estimate: 4000 USD