Titus, as Caesar, 69-79. As (Copper, 26mm, 10.27 g 7), Lugdunum, 77-78. T CAES IMP AVG F TR P COS VI CENSOR Laureate head of Titus to right, with globe on the tip of the neck truncation. Rev. IVDAEA CAPTA / SC Mourning Jewess seated right at the base of a palm tree; to left, captured arms. BMC 862. BN 872. Cohen 118. Hendin 1562. RIC 1268. With an attractive red-brown patina and a wonderfully sharp reverse. Old corrosion on the obverse and generally slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine/extremely fine.

From the Stoecklin Collection.

The reverse of this coin brings us a particularly evocative version of the ‘mourning Jewess’ Judaea Capta type. Its clarity of detail is outstanding.