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As - Vespasian IVDAEA CAPTA S C, Judaea
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 77-78 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P (Translation: Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Consul Octavum, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the eighth time, father of the nation.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Judaea Capta series was issued across multiple denominations for roughly a decade following the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, functioning as deliberate propaganda rather than incidental commemoration — Vespasian needed the Jewish War to legitimize a dynasty with no hereditary claim to power. The conquest bankrolled his reign; the coins announced it.
By 77–78, these bronzes were still being struck nearly eight years after the campaign ended, an unusually prolonged propagandistic run that reflects just how politically load-bearing that victory remained for the Flavians.