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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 5187906, member: 92212"]Indeed! And "demand" is a <u><i>strong</i></u> driver of value. I paid $1K for mine over 5 years ago. And I have not a single regret about the price tag despite the visible flaws.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1213825[/ATTACH]</p><p>Vespasian, Emperor, AD 69-79. "JUDAEA CAPTA" commemorative series.</p><p>Æ Orichalcum Sestertius. Struck in Rome, AD 71.</p><p>Obv.: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR P P P COS III. Laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev.: IVDEA CAPTA, SC ex.; palm tree, mourning Jewess sitting to the right, male captive standing left, behind him a pile of weapons, shields and helmet.</p><p>Diameter: 34.4 mm. Weight: 26.3 grams.</p><p>Attrib.: RIC II, part 1, 161 (R2). BMC 534. Hendin 1500.b. </p><p>Notes: <i>Full centering, complete legend. Many examples (if not most examples) of these types have been noticeably smoothed or tooled. On this exemplar the obverse has had only slight smoothing behind the head and in front of the nose and chin area, while the reverse is original with no smoothing/tooling. [Purchased from FORVM; ex-Jeff Michniak collection.]</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 5187906, member: 92212"]Indeed! And "demand" is a [U][I]strong[/I][/U] driver of value. I paid $1K for mine over 5 years ago. And I have not a single regret about the price tag despite the visible flaws. [ATTACH=full]1213825[/ATTACH] Vespasian, Emperor, AD 69-79. "JUDAEA CAPTA" commemorative series. Æ Orichalcum Sestertius. Struck in Rome, AD 71. Obv.: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR P P P COS III. Laureate head, right. Rev.: IVDEA CAPTA, SC ex.; palm tree, mourning Jewess sitting to the right, male captive standing left, behind him a pile of weapons, shields and helmet. Diameter: 34.4 mm. Weight: 26.3 grams. Attrib.: RIC II, part 1, 161 (R2). BMC 534. Hendin 1500.b. Notes: [I]Full centering, complete legend. Many examples (if not most examples) of these types have been noticeably smoothed or tooled. On this exemplar the obverse has had only slight smoothing behind the head and in front of the nose and chin area, while the reverse is original with no smoothing/tooling. [Purchased from FORVM; ex-Jeff Michniak collection.][/I][/QUOTE]
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