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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3561908, member: 92212"]<u><b>VESPASIAN</b></u></p><p>My understanding is that these tetradrachms were struck for the primary purpose of paying the Roman soldiers who were in Judea during the multi-year siege against Jerusalem. This specific coin was struck in year 2 of Vespasian's reign, which was the last year that Vespasian's name and portrait appeared on the Roman tets of Antioch. Beginning the next year the tets featured Titus. </p><p><br /></p><p>This example is McAlee 334, is 27 mm., and weighs 14.54 gr. Also, it was double-struck on the reverse -- most visibly at the eagle's head and beak.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]947008[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 3561908, member: 92212"][U][B]VESPASIAN[/B][/U] My understanding is that these tetradrachms were struck for the primary purpose of paying the Roman soldiers who were in Judea during the multi-year siege against Jerusalem. This specific coin was struck in year 2 of Vespasian's reign, which was the last year that Vespasian's name and portrait appeared on the Roman tets of Antioch. Beginning the next year the tets featured Titus. This example is McAlee 334, is 27 mm., and weighs 14.54 gr. Also, it was double-struck on the reverse -- most visibly at the eagle's head and beak. [ATTACH=full]947008[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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