Two Extremely Rare ‘CAPTA IVDAEA’ Issues
282 Vesapsian (A.D. 69-79), AE Sestertius, 25.96g, 7h. Struck A.D. 71. Judaea Capta series. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head facing right. Rev. CAPTA IVDAEA, S C, palm-tree, a captive stands on left, Judaea sits mourning on right, arms lay around (RIC 162 (cites this coin); Hendin 1500c; BMC -; C -). Brown tone, a few light marks, very fine. An extremely rare variety. $ 4,500 Ex F. Sternberg, Auction XXVII, Zurich, 7-8 November 1994, lot 392
283 Vespasian (A.D. 69-79), AE Sestertius, 25.86g, 7h. Struck in A.D. 71. Judaea Capta series. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head of Vespasian facing right. Rev. CAP[TA] IVDAEA, palm-tree, a male captive stands on left, facing to right, mourning Jewess sits on cuirass on right, facing to right, arms lay around both figures, SC in exergue (RIC 162; BMC -; Hendin 1500c; Sternberg XXVII, November 1994, lot 392). Some surface erosion on reverse, brown tone, very fine. An extremely rare variety. $ 3,000 Ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior, 8 December 1993, lot 123
284 Vespasian (A.D. 69-79), AE Sestertius, 23.65g, 6h. Struck A.D. 71. Judaea Capta series. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR PPP COS III, head facing right, wearing a laurel-wreath. Rev. VICTORIA -AVGVSTI, S C (in exergue), Victory, naked to waist, standing right, her left foot on a helmet, inscribing a shield set on a palm-tree, Judaea seated to right, on a cuirass, mourning (RIC 221; BN III, 561; C 625). Broad flan, dark green patina, very fine. $ 2,000