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<p>[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 4981543, member: 75496"]Those are nice Vespasian/Titus tetradrachms, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] and [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER]! Sorry to hear that your first one was lost in the mail, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER]. Your year 2 shekel of the Jewish Revolt is a very attractive example!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are prutot from year 2 and year 3 of the war, a denarius of Vespasian issued a few years later in celebration of the Empire's 70 AD victory over Jerusalem, and a coin from the Decapolis with an obverse of Titus that was issued during the time period of the fall of Masada (73/4 AD) where a group of Jewish rebels made a 'last stand':</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196793[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196794[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Judaea, The Jewish War. Æ Prutah (2.69 g), 66-70 AD. Jerusalem, year 2 (67/8 AD). 'Year two' (Paleo-Hebrew), amphora with broad rim and two handles. <i>Reverse:</i>'The freedom of Zion' (Paleo-Hebrew), vine leaf on small branch with tendril.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196798[/ATTACH]</p><p>Judaea, The Jewish War. Æ Prutah. Year 3 (68-69 AD). Amphora with broad rim, two handles, and a conical lid decorated with tiny globes hanging around edge. Hebrew legend "year three" / Grape leaf on vine, Hebrew legend "the freedom of Zion."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196803[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian (69-79 AD). Denarius. Rome. 72/73 AD. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII; Laureate head of Vespasian right / VICTORIA – AVGVSTI; winged Victory advancing right, shouldering a palm frond, crowning a standard. 17.50 mm. 2.9 g.</p><p>From the series of Judaea Capta coins for the victory over Jerusalem.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196804[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196805[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gadara, Decapolis. Titus as Caesar (69-79 AD). AE (17 mm, 4.10 g, 12 h). TITOΣ KAIΣAP; Laureate head of Titus right / Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right; to left, ΓΑΔΑPA (Gadara); to right, date: L ZΛP (year 137 = 73/4 AD)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 4981543, member: 75496"]Those are nice Vespasian/Titus tetradrachms, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] and [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER]! Sorry to hear that your first one was lost in the mail, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER]. Your year 2 shekel of the Jewish Revolt is a very attractive example! Here are prutot from year 2 and year 3 of the war, a denarius of Vespasian issued a few years later in celebration of the Empire's 70 AD victory over Jerusalem, and a coin from the Decapolis with an obverse of Titus that was issued during the time period of the fall of Masada (73/4 AD) where a group of Jewish rebels made a 'last stand': [ATTACH=full]1196793[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1196794[/ATTACH] Judaea, The Jewish War. Æ Prutah (2.69 g), 66-70 AD. Jerusalem, year 2 (67/8 AD). 'Year two' (Paleo-Hebrew), amphora with broad rim and two handles. [I]Reverse:[/I]'The freedom of Zion' (Paleo-Hebrew), vine leaf on small branch with tendril. [ATTACH=full]1196798[/ATTACH] Judaea, The Jewish War. Æ Prutah. Year 3 (68-69 AD). Amphora with broad rim, two handles, and a conical lid decorated with tiny globes hanging around edge. Hebrew legend "year three" / Grape leaf on vine, Hebrew legend "the freedom of Zion." [ATTACH=full]1196803[/ATTACH] Vespasian (69-79 AD). Denarius. Rome. 72/73 AD. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII; Laureate head of Vespasian right / VICTORIA – AVGVSTI; winged Victory advancing right, shouldering a palm frond, crowning a standard. 17.50 mm. 2.9 g. From the series of Judaea Capta coins for the victory over Jerusalem. [ATTACH=full]1196804[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1196805[/ATTACH] Gadara, Decapolis. Titus as Caesar (69-79 AD). AE (17 mm, 4.10 g, 12 h). TITOΣ KAIΣAP; Laureate head of Titus right / Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right; to left, ΓΑΔΑPA (Gadara); to right, date: L ZΛP (year 137 = 73/4 AD)[/QUOTE]
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