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Auction: 9008 - The John Marshall Collection, other Ancient, British, World Coins, Comm Medals & Books
Lot: 465

Vespasian, AE Sestertius, Rome, 71, laureate head right, imp caes vespasian avg p m tr p p p cos iii, rev. ivdaea capta, s c , palm-tree to left of which is a captive, hands bound behind him, shields and spears behind, and to right of which is Judaea seated on cuirass in mournful attitude, shields before (RIC, 2nd ed., 159; C. 238), dark patina, wear on high point of portrait, otherwise very fine Estimate £ 800-1,000

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£800