Denarius - Vespasian VESP AVG, Victory

Vespasian struck heavily propagandistic coinage in the years immediately following the Jewish War, and this 74 AD issue falls squarely within that sustained campaign. The conquest of Judaea — and the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD — was the military achievement Vespasian and Titus used to legitimize the new Flavian dynasty, a family with no Julian bloodline and a pressing need to manufacture prestige. The IVDAEA CAPTA series had already been running for several years by this point; Victory types continued that messaging in a less explicit but politically continuous vein.