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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4947955, member: 82616&quot;]David Hendin once said that <i>Judaea Capta</i> types as a group are not all that rare, but individually they can be quite scarce. I think that is true with my latest purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1189312[/ATTACH]<b>Titus as Caesar [Vespasian]</b></p><p>Æ Sestertius, 24.15g</p><p>Rome mint, 72 AD</p><p>Obv: T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: IVDAEA CAPTA; S C in exergue; Palm tree; to l., Titus stg. r. with spear and parazonium, foot on helmet; to r., Judaea std. r.</p><p>RIC 422 (R). BMC 631. BNC 618. Hendin 1523.</p><p>Acquired from Marti Classical Numismatics, October 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian and Titus Caesar held a joint triumph in 71 for their Jewish War victory, but it wasn&#039;t until the following year that <i>Judaea Capta</i> coins were struck for Titus commemorating his own military achievement during the siege of Jerusalem. The reverse of this rare sestertius first struck for Titus in 72 directly copies one famously coined for Vespasian the previous year. This iconic type features a triumphal Titus proudly standing, holding a spear and parazonium (a triangular sword) with his foot on an enemy helmet, while the personification of Judaea sits at the base of a palm tree (representing the land of Judaea) in abject despair - take note of their size discrepancy.</p><p><br /></p><p>This &#039;budget&#039; example was fairly affordable. If I wish to hold out for another without the conditional issues I will certainly pay 3 to 4x more. All in an all I&#039;m quite pleased.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your &#039;budget&#039; rarities.</p><p><br /></p><p>**Special thanks to [USER=88526]@Jay GT4[/USER] for photographic assistance.**[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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