- Object Name:
- Coin
- Title:
- Judaea Capta Coin of Emperor Titus
- Place Made:
- Caesarea
- Date:
- c. 76 CE
- Medium:
- Bronze
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Samuel Friedenberg Collection
- Accession Number:
- FBS 28
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Judaea Capta is Latin for “Judaea conquered.” In the reign of the Roman emperor Titus (39–81 CE) an uprising in the Roman province of Judaea was suppressed; Jerusalem was sacked and the Second Temple burned. This coin was minted in Roman-held Caesarea to celebrate the Roman victory in what is now called the First Jewish War against Rome (66–70 CE). Judaea is often represented on these coins as a weeping woman.
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