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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 71013, member: 57463&quot;]<b>A Picture of an Apple Pie versus an Apple Pie</b></p><p><br /></p><p>They might be genuine, but I have doubts.&nbsp; It is hard to tell from a scan, always.&nbsp; However, I have seen many of these kinds of copies and that is what these seem to be.&nbsp; However, my doubts aside, the only way I know to know is to see and <u>touch</u> the <u>coin</u>. </p><p><br /></p><p>The big one is a sestertius of Vespasian and it commemorates JUDEA CAPTA, &quot;Captive Judea&quot; <i>i.e.,</i> the reduction of the Jewish state by Rome.&nbsp; You can see several examples here:</p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s2325.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s2325.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s2325.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The smaller coins would each be called a &quot;prutot&quot; (Hebrew) or &quot;lepton&quot; (Greek).&nbsp; The one that reads KAICA is &quot;Caesa(r)&quot; but I cannot make out the name. TIB (Tiberius) or NEPON (Nero) would be expected, perhaps.&nbsp; The one with the &quot;umbrella&quot; (anchor) is another local copper issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are widely copied because the coins are important to Jews and Christians alike.&nbsp; I have some copies from a museum gift shop.&nbsp; Made of plated pot medal, the look OK and feel all wrong.&nbsp; The sestertius, the big one, would weigh about 27 grams, a titch heavier than a US Silver Dollar, nearly one ounce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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