- Object Name:
- Coin
- Title:
- Judaea Capta sestertius of Emperor Titus
- Place Made:
- Rome
- Date:
- 71 CE
- Medium:
- Bronze
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Samuel Friedenberg Collection
- Accession Number:
- FBS 29
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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). Here, the image of a seated, weeping Jewess with the Roman goddess Victory towering over her, makes a succinct propagandistic point.
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