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Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 27.05 g, 6h). "Judaea Capta" commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVDAE A CAPTA, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, Vespasian standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear in right hand, cradling parazonium in left arm; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass, in attitude of mourning. RIC II.1 167; Cayon 95; Hendin 6534; BMCRE 543; BN 497-8. Brown surfaces, minor pitting. VF.
From the DMS Collection, purchased from Jonathan K. Kern, January 2005.
The Roman victory in the Jewish War (66-73 CE) became a keystone of the numismatic propaganda deployed on the Judaea Capta coins in gold, silver, and bronze struck by both Vespasian and Titus. This Judaea Capta sestertius is part of this series. The figure of Judaea is shown slumped in abject defeat, head in hand, while the triumphant Vespasian is shown in standing a general’s armor, uncaring of her suffering. Such brutal images helped consolidate Vespasian’s hold on power and made Romans forget the disastrous civil wars of AD 68-69.
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