Catalog 334
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The Samel Collection of Jewish Coins and Medals

Lot 2304

Lot 2304

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Estimated price 600 €
Result 1,500 €

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Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 25,99 g.

IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//IVDAEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; at the l. side of a palm tree with two date clusters a Jewish prisoner of war, standing to r., his hands bound behind his back, in the background a pile of captured arms, including a helmet hanging upon a spear; at the r. side the personification of Judaea (overdimensioned) in a gesture of mourning, seated on a cuirass to r. BN 143 no. 491; Hendin no. 1509a; RIC² no. 233.

Slightly corroded, otherwise very fine/good very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 306.

ex Lanz 64, Munich 1992, no. 421.