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Estimate $1,500
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TITUS, (A.D. 79-81), issue struck at Rome as Caesar in A.D. 73, AE sestertius, (26.62 grams), 'Judaea Capta', obv. T CAES VESP IMP PON TR POT COS II CENS, head laureate to right, rev. S C in exergue, Titus in triumphal quadriga to left, (S.-, RIC 645, BMC 668, C.226, cf.H.790). Very fine and rare.
Ex. Classical Numismatic Group Sale XXVI, June 11, 1993 (lot 458). Titus was awarded his triumph for his victory over the Jews in A.D.71, but the type continued on coinage for two more years. Ironically, the final Zealot bastion at Masada did not fall until the year this coin was struck.
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