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As - Titus IVDAEA CAPTA S C, Judaea
| Issuer | Imperial Roman Mint |
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| Year | 72 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Judaea Capta is depicted as a mourning female figure, seated in a posture of dejection to the right at the base of a tall date palm tree, her head bowed and resting on her hand in the conventional gesture of grief and subjugation. To the left of the palm, military arms and a shield are stacked on the ground, alluding to the spoils of the Jewish War. The legend IVDAEA CAPTA is distributed across the field to left and right of the central composition, while the senatorial authorization mark S C appears in the lower exergual area. The reverse design forms part of the celebrated and historically significant Judaea Capta coinage series commemorating Vespasian's and Titus's suppression of the Jewish revolt of AD 66–70. |
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The Judaea Capta series was issued following the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD and the suppression of the First Jewish–Roman War, with Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian all lending their portraits to the propaganda campaign. The bronze denominations were struck in enormous volume specifically to circulate the message of Roman victory to the widest possible audience — the choice of a low-value coin was deliberate policy, not economy.
This particular issue falls under Titus as Caesar, before his accession, placing it in the early Flavian consolidation of the dynasty's public image. The SC authorization marks it as a senatorial issue struck at Rome.