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Dupondius - Domitianus Judea Capta
| Issuer | Caesarea Maritima |
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| Year | 92-93 |
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| Value | Dupondius (1/8) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate bust of Emperor Domitian facing right, wearing a turreted or radiate crown, depicted with draped shoulders. The imperial effigy is rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Caesarea Maritima. The encircling Latin legend reads IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TR P XI, identifying the emperor by his titles and tribunician power year. The bust is set within a dotted border. The portraiture reflects the somewhat coarse but vigorous engraving typical of this eastern provincial mint. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TR P XI |
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Struck at Caesarea Maritima under the authority of the Roman provincial administration, this issue belongs to a sequence of "Judaea Capta" types commemorating — or more precisely, prolonging the propaganda of — the Roman suppression of the Jewish revolt that had ended two decades earlier. By 92–93 AD, Domitian was aggressively exploiting the Flavian victory narrative first established by his father Vespasian and brother Titus. The continued minting of Capta types this late into Flavian rule was a political choice, not a numismatic convenience.
Caesarea Maritima operated as the administrative capital of Roman Judaea, and its mint output under Domitian is comparatively limited, making RPC II 2307 a genuinely scarce provincial type.