Catalog - Catalog 334

Halfprutah, after 68 CE; 1 g.

ŠG GLŠ Amphora//Vine leaf. Meshorer, Treasury 263 no. 368.

Fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 270.

Halfprutah, after 68 CE; 0,86 g.

Amphora with two large handles//Vine or fig leaf. Meshorer, Treasury 264 no. 369 (this coin illustrated).

Very rare. Very fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 271.

Halfprutah, late first/early second century CE; 0,67 g.

Unclear design//Vine leaf. Meshorer, Treasury cf. 264 no. 373.

Fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 272.

Halfprutah, late first/early second century CE; 0,56 g.

Crude palm branch//Crude vine leaf. Meshorer, Treasury 264 no. 370.

Fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 273.

AV-Aureus, 69/70, Rome; 7,23 g.

IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//IVDAEA in exergue; the personification of the mourning Judaea having leaned her head on her raised r. hand is seated r. at the foot of a trophy (tropaion). BN 89 no. 20-22; Calicò no. 643b; Hendin no. 1464; RIC² no. 1.

Very rare in this state of preservation. Nearly extremely fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 300.

For the personification of Judaea cf. J. Ostrowski, Les personifications des provinces dans l’art romain, Warsaw 1990, 178-183. The tropaion is a monument set up by the Greeks and Romans at the place where they had started to defeat the foe and to put him to rout. In this context the Greek word trepo (τρ?πω) means 'to force someone to turn'.  

AR-Denarius, 69/70, Rome; 3,27 g.

IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//IVDAEA in exergue; the personification of the mourning Judaea having leaned her head on her raised r. hand is seated r. at the foot of a trophy (tropaion). BN 89 no. 23 ff.; Hendin no. 1479; RIC² no. 2.

Small flan defect on the obverse, good very fine/very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 301.

AR-Denarius, 69/70, Rome; 3,3 g.

IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG laureate bust to r.//IVDAEA in exergue; the personification of the mourning Judaea having leaned her head on her raised r. hand is seated r. at the foot of a trophy (tropaion). BN 89 no. 23 ff.; Hendin no. 1479; RIC² no. 2.

Rare. Very fine/nearly very fine Inv. 584.

AR-Denarius, 69/70, Rome; 3,52 g.

IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG laureate bust of Vespasian to r.///IVDAEA in exergue; the personification of the mourning Judaea having leaned her head on her raised r. hand is seated r. at the foot of a trophy (tropaion).  BN 89 no. 23 ff.; Hendin 1479; RIC² no. 2.

Nearly very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 303.

AR-Denarius, 71, Lugdunum; 3,34 g.

IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P; laureate bust of Vespasian to r.// IVDAEA – DEVICTA Judaea standing l. with bound hands under a palm tree. BN 118 no. 297; Hendin 1488; RIC² no. 1120.

Fine-very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 304.

AR-Denarius, 71, Lugdunum; 3,04 g.

IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P laureate bust of Vespasian to right// IVDAEA – DEVICTA Judaea standing l. with bound hands under a palm tree. BN 118 no. 297; Hendin no. 1488; RIC² no. 1120.

Nearly fery fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 305.

AR-Denarius, 71, Ephesos; 3,52 g.

IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P  P P bust of the emperor Vesapasianus to r.//Victory/Nike standing to r., holding shouldered palm frond with her l. hand and a wreath in her outstretched r. hand; EPHE in the r. field. RIC² no. 1431; RPC no. 833.

Small flan defect on the obverse, nearly extremely fine Inv. 582.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 26,12 g.

IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//PAX – AVG, S C in exergue; Pax standing r., holding an olive twig in her l. hand, setting fire to a pile of captured weapons with her r. hand, in front of her an altar on which a sacrificial fire is burning; the altar is decorated with garlands, in order to indicate that a festival is held; behind Pax a column surmounted by a statue of Minerva/Athena Promachos striding to r.; a big shield and a lance – the weapons of Athena/Minerva – are leaning against the column. BN 146 no. 520; RIC² no. 95.

A very rare coin, cf. RIC²: R2. Nearly very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 313.

ex Auctiones 11, Basel 1980, no. 428.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 26,82 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//IVDEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; at the l. side of a palm tree with two date clusters a Jewish prisoner of war, standing r., his hands bound behind his back, in the background a pile of weapons; at the r. side the personification of Judaea in a gesture of mourning, seated on a cuirass to r. BN 143 no. 489; Hendin no. 1500; RIC² no. 159.

Brown patina, very fine Inv. 602.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 25,35 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//IVDAEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; at the l. side of a palm tree with two date clusters a Jewish prisoner of war, standing r., his hands bound behind his back, in the background a pile of weapons; at the r. side the personification of Judaea in a gesture of mourning, seated on a cuirass to r. BN 142 no. 489; Hendin no. 1500; RIC² no. 159.

Slightly smoothed fields, nearly very fine/good very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 306.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 26,18 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.// IVDAEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; the emperor standing r., having put his r. foot on a helmet, holding a lance in his raised r. hand and a parazonium in his l. Before him a palm tree with two date clusters against whose trunk the personification of the mourning Judaea is leaning. BN 143 no. 497-498; Hendin no. 1504; RIC² no. 167.

Slightly corroded and smoothed, otherwise nearly extremely fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 309.

The parazonium is a long triangular dagger, which was carried by the higher ranks of the Roman army, in mythology by Virtus, the personification of bravery. Due to this iconography the emperor holding the parazonium becomes an embodiment of Virtus.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 24,8 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//IVDAEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; the emperor standing r., having put his r. foot on a helmet, holding a lance in his raised r. hand and a parazonium in his l. Before him a palm tree with two date clusters against whose trunk the personification of the mourning Judaea is leaning. BN 143 no. 497-498; Hendin no. 1504; RIC² no. 167.

Reverse slightly corroded, otherwise very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 311.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 23,78 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.// IVDAEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; the emperor standing r., having put his r. foot on a helmet, holding a lance in his raised r. hand and a parazonium in his l. Before him a palm tree with two date clusters against whose trunk the mourning personification of Judaea is leaning. BN 143 no. 497-498; Hendin no. 1504; RIC² no. 167.

Some minor tooling, nearly very fine Inv. 600.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 26,54 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.// IVDAEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; the emperor standing r., having put his r. foot on a helmet, holding a lance in his raised r. hand and a parazonium in his l. Before him a palm tree with two date clusters against whose trunk the personification of the mourning Judaea is leaning. BN 143 no. 497-498; Hendin no. 1504; RIC² no. 167.

Nearly very fine Inv. 599.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 23,16 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.// IVDAEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; the emperor standing r., having put his r. foot on a helmet, holding a lance in his raised r. hand and a parazonium in his l. Before him a palm tree with two date clusters against whose trunk the personification of the mourning Judaea is leaning. BN 143 no. 497-498; Hendin no. 1504; RIC² no. 167.

Slightly corroded, nearly very fine/very fine Inv. 601.