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Sestertius - Vespasian VICTORIA AVGVSTI S C, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 71 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Reverse description | Victory, depicted as a winged female figure, stands facing right with her left foot resting upon a helmet, leaning forward to inscribe the legend OB CIV SERV upon a large oval shield affixed to a palm tree. At the base of the composition, a personification of Judaea is seated in a mournful posture to the right, a standard Flavian iconographic reference to the Roman conquest of Judaea in AD 70. The senatorial authorization mark S C flanks the central design in the field. The reverse composition commemorates Vespasian's victory in the Jewish War and reflects the dynastic propaganda of the new Flavian regime. |
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Struck in 71 AD, the year immediately following the fall of Jerusalem, this issue belongs to a massive Flavian propaganda campaign celebrating the Jewish War. Vespasian needed the victory badly — his claim to the throne rested almost entirely on military success, not hereditary right. The IVDAEA CAPTA and VICTORIA types flooded Roman markets simultaneously, a coordinated output from multiple workshops intended to cement the new dynasty's legitimacy before the Senate and populace alike.
RIC II.1 #224 is a Rome mint product from the first full year of consolidated Flavian rule.