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Vespasian Judea Capta Ae As
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IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III
Laureate head of Vespasian right
IVDAEA CAPTA SC
Judea as mourning captive seated right amidst arms at foot of palm-tree
Rome 71 AD
10.54g
Sear 2357
RIC 303 (R)
Ex-Incitatus
SOLD!
Celebrates the success of Vespasian and Titus in quelling the First Jewish Revolt and the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem
From Curtis Clay:
The same type is more common with IVDEA (one A omitted): RIC 305 (C). However. IVDAEA CAPTA asses as a group are rarer than the corresponding sestertii, which add a standing Jew or the standing emperor to the type of Judaea mourning below a palm tree.
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