Sestertius depicting Vespasian and a couple of Jews mourning under a palm tree (71 CE)
Denomination: Sestertius
Date: 71 CE
Centuries: 1st CE
Material: Bronze
Mint: Rome
Ruler: Vespasian
Obverse:
Image: Laureate head of Vespasian looking right
Inscription: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III
Reverse:
Image: Jewess in attitude of mourning, seated to the right beneath palm tree; to the left, a Jewish captive stands with hands tied behind his back; captured weapons behind
Inscription: IVDEA [CAPTA] - S C
Diameter: 32.25 mm
Weight: 30.44 g
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Bibliographical References:
- Brin, Howard B. 1986 Catalogue of Iudea Capta coins, (Minneapolis : Emmett Publishing)
- Cody, Jane 2003 Conquerors and Conquered on Flavian Coins, Flavian Rome: Culture, Image, Text eds. Anthony J. Boyle,William J. Dominik (Leiden : Brill), 103-123
- Levick, Barbara 2005 Vespasian, Roman Imperial Biographies (London : Routledge)
- Foss, Clive 1990 Roman Historical Coins, (London : Seaby)
- Meshorer, Ya’akov 1982 Ancient Jewish Coinage 2: Herod the Great through Bar Cochba, (Dix Hills, N.Y. : Amphora Books)
- Rosso, Emmanuelle 2005 Idéologie impériale et art officiel sous les Flaviens. Formulation, diffusion et réception dans les provinces occidentales de l’empire romain (60-96 ap. J.C), PhD thesis., (Université Paris IV – Sorbonne)
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Sestertius depicting Vespasian and a couple of Jews mourning under a palm tree (71 CE)
Author(s) of this publication: Samuele Rocca
Publication date: 2023-07-09 22:13:31
URL: https://heurist.huma-num.fr/heurist/judaism_and_rome/web/7/594
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