- Object Name:
- Coin
- Title:
- Judaea Capta Coin of Vespasian
- Place Made:
- Rome (Italy)
- Date:
- 71 CE
- Medium:
- Gold
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Samuel Friedenberg Collection
- Accession Number:
- X1983-88
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To celebrate their triumph over Jerusalem, the Romans produced a huge issue of commemorative coins, known as Judaea Capta (Judea captured). These coins depict the Emperor Vespasian; Titus, the general who conquered Jerusalem and later became emperor in 79 C.E.; and the personifications of a defeated Judaea as a mourning Jewess.
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