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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 7769647, member: 118780&quot;]Well said. Recently, I caused a bit of uproar in the family when I purchased a Judea Capta from Vespasian. I didn&#039;t have any Vespasian coins and had planned to buy a Judea Capta someday. No one was paying attention to it at the auction, and I&#039;d already picked up my primary target, so I bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, we&#039;re Jewish, so some members of my family asked why I&#039;d purchased a coin that depicts a travesty in our national history, and was further used to taunt and belittle us.</p><p><br /></p><p>My opinion, though, is the coin is a piece of history - even though this particular event didn&#039;t go well for us. Among my Roman coins (which aren&#039;t my focus), it&#039;s one of the first I talk about along with my Titus Colosseum (denarius) and Julius Caesar elephant. These things really happened, and the coin was a witness to them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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