Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 98

The Pre-Long Beach Auction June 4-7, 2017

Ancient Judaean - Judaea Capta Coinage

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1689		Judaea Capta Coinage. Domitian. Æ (12.78 g), AD 81-96. Judaea Capta issue. Caesarea Maritima in Samaria, ca. AD 83 or later. DOMITIANVS CAES AVG GE[RMANICVS IMP], laureate head of Domitian left. Reverse: Athena standing facing, head left, crowning trophy before her and holding spear and shield. TJC 392; Hendin 1455; RPC 2305. Earthen black patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $141
Lot 1690		Judaea Capta Coinage. Vespasian. Silver Denarius (3.33 g), AD 69-79. Rome, AD 69/70. [IMP] CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head of Vespasian right. Reverse: IVDAEA in exergue, Jewess seated right, head resting on hand in attitude of mourning; behind, trophy. RIC 2; Hendin 1479; BN 23-5; BMC 36-7; RSC 226. Nicely toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600 The Brody Family Collection; Ex Superior (1-2 October 1984), 1064. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $911
Lot 1691		Judaea Capta Coinage. Vespasian. Silver Denarius (3.43 g), AD 69-79. Rome, AD 72/3. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head of Vespasian right. Reverse: VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing right, crowning standard with wreath and holding palm branch over shoulder. RIC 362; Hendin -; BN 60; BMC 74; RSC 618. Rare. Flatness on head as struck. Lustrous surfaces. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from D. Hendin, July 1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $294
Lot 1692		Judaea Capta Coinage. 2-piece lot of AR Denarii of Vespasian and Titus. Includes: Vespasian. Antioch. Emperor standing right, holding spear and resting foot on helmet, before palm tree beneath which Judaea in attitude of mourning. Cf. Hendin 1490 // Titus, as Caesar. Eastern mint. Same type. Cf. Hendin 1492. Both scarce and Fine. Lot of 2 coins. Estimate Value $500 - 600 The Brody Family Collection;. View details	Realized $564
Lot 1693		Judaea Capta Coinage. Æ Sestertius (22.69 g), AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Rome, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS [III], laureate head of Vespasian righ. Reverse: IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, bound captive standing right before pile of arms; to right, Judaea seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC 159; Hendin 1500; BN 490; BMC 533. Dark green patina. Excellent details but smoothing in the fields noted; nevertheless, a handsome example. Sharpness of Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - 7,500 In the 'Judaea Capta' coinage, the seated personified Judaea evokes the iconographic language of the defeated and degraded prisoner. The conquered province type has its own set of gestures expressing a mournful or abject context, which are derived from Roman funerary iconography. They include an attitude formed by the resting of the chin in the hand, a pose that evokes pensiveness, uncertainty, and grief with overtones of repentance or lamentation. Additionally, the mourner is shown with hunched shoulders, and a bowed and covered head. The depiction of the personified province recollects the Biblical description of the besieged Jerusalem by the prophet Isaiah (ca. 700 BCE): "For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen… Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war. And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground" (Isaiah 3:8-9; 25-26). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,638
Lot 1694		Judaea Capta Coinage. Vespasian. Æ Sestertius (27.25 g), AD 69-79. Rome, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS [III], IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, bound captive standing right before pile of arms; to right, Judaea seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC 159; Hendin 1500; BN 490; BMC 533. Scarce and popular type. Medium glossy green patina with a reddish deposit behind Vespasian's head. Very Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000 The Brody Family Collection; Purchased privately from D. Hendin, December 1984. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,703
Lot 1695		Judaea Capta Coinage. Vespasian. Æ Sestertius (26.22 g), AD 69-79. Rome, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head of Vespasian right. Reverse: IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, emperor standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; to right, Jewess�in attitude of mourning seated right on cuirass. RIC 167; BMC 543; BN 497-8; Hendin 1504. Beautiful dark green patina. A magnificent specimen! Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $30,000 - UP Ex NAC 40 (16 May 2007), 679. The elements of the reverse type include a palm-tree flanked on the left by the emperor, with his foot on a helmet, and on the right, by the personified Judaea, seated to right on a cuirass. In the scene, the emperor is representative of the vast power of Rome. His foot on a helmet of the defeated enemy and his large parazonium symbolize the might of the dominant victor. The emperor is drawn on a much larger scale than is the much more diminutively wrought personified Judaea. The downcast Judaea is seated upon a cuirass, which here represents the spoils of her defeated army. Her pose connotes the humiliation of destruction, captivity and exile. This image was designed both as an exultation of the empire and as a warning to any other province that might be contemplating rebellion. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $29,375
Lot 1696		Judaea Capta Coinage. Vespasian. Æ Sestertius (19.66 g), AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Rome, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head of Vespasian right. Rev. IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, emperor standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; before him, palm tree beneath which Jewess in attitude of mourning seated right on cuirass. (RIC 167; Hendin 1504; BN 497-8; BMC 543-4). A marvelous specimen. Bold, artistic portrait with an even green patina. Sharpness of Extremely Fine Under close microscopic inspection, we have determined that the surfaces have been expertly smoothed and the letters strengthened. This went undetected in both the Bromberg Sale and again in Brody I. Estimate Value $7,500 - UP The Brody Family Collection; Ex Brody I, The New York Sale XXXIX, lot 236 (cover coin); Ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part II (10 December 1992), lot 611. It is likely that the sestertii bearing this obverse legend were issued shortly after the triumph celebrated by Vespasian and Titus. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,169