Good Very Fine; light smoothing, wonderfully detailed rev | ...

Hammer

£3,500

Good Very Fine; light smoothing, wonderfully detailed rev | ROMAN EMPIRE. Vespasian.
Bronze sestertius, AD 71. Rome.
Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right. Rev: IVDAEA CAPTA, captive standing right, Judaea seated right on cuirass in front, palm tree between them, both surrounded by arms; SC in exergue.
Good Very Fine; light smoothing, wonderfully detailed rev.

Reference: RIC II.1-159; BMCRE-533.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; ex Noonans, Auction 139 (15/2/2017), lot 39; previously acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., 1938.
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 33 mm.
Weight: 26.36 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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