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Aureus - Titus IVDAEA DEVICTA, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 70 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Reverse description | Victory standing right, her left foot raised and resting upon a captured barbarian helmet, leaning forward to inscribe the legend VICT AVG upon a large oval shield that is affixed to a slender palm tree rising in the right field. The palm tree, a well-established symbol of Judaea, anchors the triumphalist imagery commemorating the Roman suppression of the Jewish revolt. Victory is depicted with wings spread and draped in flowing robes, her posture conveying dynamic motion. The reverse legend IVDAEA DEVICTA arcs around the field within a beaded border, serving as an explicit declaration of conquest. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Struck in the immediate aftermath of the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, this aureus commemorates the Flavian suppression of the Jewish revolt — a campaign Titus commanded personally while his father Vespasian consolidated power in Rome. The IVDAEA DEVICTA legend was a deliberate political statement, distinguishing this issue from the softer IVDAEA CAPTA coinage; "defeated" carried a finality that "captured" did not.
The financing of the Jewish War's triumph, including the subsequent construction of the Colosseum, drew directly on plunder from the Temple in Jerusalem.