Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.94 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 72. T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II, laureate head right / IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Titus standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear in right hand, cradling parazonium in left arm; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass, in attitude of mourning. RIC II.1 422 (Vespasian); Hendin 6553; BMCRE 631-2 (Vespasian); BN 618 (Vespasian). Dark brown patina. In NGC encapsulation 4632936-001, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, lt. smoothing. The “Judaea Capta” issues of Titus are considerably rarer than those of his father Vespasian.
Ex New York Sale XXX (9 January 2013), lot 288; Spink 25 (24 November 1982), lot 197.
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