Catalog

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.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 27,14 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to l. IVDEA (sic!) – 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 –; Hendin no. 1504b; RIC² no. 169.

An extremely rare coin; R3 in RIC². Green patina, very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 312.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 25,37 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//VICTORIA – AVGVSTI, S C in exergue; winged Victory standing r., having put her l. foot on a helmet, inscribing a shield attached to the trunk of a palm tree, at the r. side of the palm tree the personification of the mourning Judaea seated to r. BN 151 no. 561; Hendin no. 1507; RIC² no. 221.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 316.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 25,84 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//VICTORIA – AVGVSTI, S C in exergue; winged Victory standing r., having put her l. foot on a helmet, inscribing a shield attached to the trunk of a palm tree, at the r. side of the palm tree the personification of the mourning Judaea seated r. BN 151 no. 561; Hendin no. 1507; RIC² no. 221.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 314.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 24,31 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//VICTORIA – AVGVSTI, S C in exergue; winged Victory standing r., having put her l. foot on a helmet, inscribing a shield attached to the trunk of a palm tree, at the r. side of thepalm tree the personification of the mourning Judaea seated r. BN 151 no. 559 ff.; Hendin no. 1507; RIC² no. 221.

Nearly very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 315.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 25,99 g.

IMP CAES VESPAS 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 to r., his hands bound behind his back, in the background a pile of captured arms, including a helmet hanging upon a spear; at the r. side the personification of Judaea (overdimensioned) in a gesture of mourning, seated on a cuirass to r. BN 143 no. 491; Hendin no. 1509a; RIC² no. 233.

Slightly corroded, otherwise very fine/good very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 306.

ex Lanz 64, Munich 1992, no. 421.

Æ-Sestertius, 71, Rome; 22,66 g.

IMP CAES VESPAS 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 l., looking back, 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. 492; Hendin no. 1510; RIC² no. 234.

 

Good fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 308.

Æ-As, 71, Rome; 10,86 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//IVDAEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; the mourning personification of Judaea seated r. on a cuirass and leaning against the trunk of a palm tree, in the background piles of weapons. BN -; Hendin no. 1554; RIC² no. 303.

 

Slightly smoothed, nearly very fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 317.

Æ-As, 71, Rome; 10,77 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//IVDEA – CAPTA, S C in exergue; the mourning personification of Judaea seated r. on a cuirass and leaning against the trunk of a palm tree, in the background piles of weapons. BN 154 no. 580;  Hendin no. 1554b; RIC² no. 305.

Very fine/good very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 318.

ex Sternberg 7, Zurich 1977, no. 581; ex Leu 10, Zurich 1976, no. 97.

Æ-As, 71, Rome; 11,44 g.

IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III laureate bust of Vespasian to r.//VIC-TO-RIA – NAVALIS, S C in exergue; the winged Victory standing r. on a prow, holding with her l. hand a shouldered palm frond, with her r. hand a wreath. BN 156 cf. no. 595; RIC² no. 335.

Very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 319.

This coin shows that the Roman imperial fleet or ships of the Roman allies participated in the suppression of the Great Revolt. Victoria navalis may indicate that Roman ships destroyed a flotilla of Jewish ships on the Lake Tiberias/Sea of Galilee (mentioned by Josephus, Bellum Judaicum III 10, 9) or on the Mediterranean Sea which should have provided the rebels with reinforcements.