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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 1013414, member: 13719&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />Thanks to Columbus day didnt get these til today. I didnt want to make a new topic, but one of them is of the Jewish revolt. The denarius of Titus give thanks to Neptune for a safe voyage back to Rome after the wars. Both coins I&#039;ve wanted for a while. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mesembria, Thrace, c. 351 - 188 B.C.</p><p>1 views</p><p>Bronze AE 17, SNG BM Black Sea 274-5, SGCV I 1675, SNG Cop 654, F, edge chips, flaking patina, Mesembria mint, 1.548g, 15.0mm, obverse crested helmet facing; reverse , MESA in the four quarters of a radiate wheel</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Mesembria (Mesambria) was a Doric settlement on an island at the Black Sea coast. Today a man-made isthmus connects it to the mainland. The modern name is Nesebar, an important seaside resort. Several ancient churches and ruins are preserved on the peninsula.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The First Jewish Revolt, 66 - 70 A.D.&nbsp; </p><p>Bronze prutah, Hendin 1360, Fair, Jerusalem mint, 2.669g, 16.8mm, year 2, 67 - 68 A.D.; obverse amphora with broad rim and two handles, year 2 (in Hebrew) around; reverse , vine leaf on small branch, the freedom of Zion (in Hebrew) around.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Discontent and inept rule led to open rebellion in 66 A.D. The Romans distracted by the Civil Wars following the death of Nero were unable to put a speedy end to the revolt. But, in 70 A.D. Titus, sone of the new Emperor Vespasian captured and sacked Jerusalem and destroyed them temple.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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