Show this nice memorial Roman coin to rabbi and watch his reaction.The 2014 Bethsaida excavations in Israel uncovered a rare Judaea Capta coin.
In an email to
Bible History Daily, University of Nebraska Omaha professor and excavation director Rami Arav revealed that the coin was issued by Herod’s great-grandson Agrippa II. Minted in 85 C.E. at Caesarea Maritima, the bronze coin depicts
Roman Emperor Domitian on the obverse (front face of the coin) and a palm tree on the reverse (back face).
*Judaea Capta (“Judea captured”) coins
were first struck under Roman Emperor Vespasian to celebrate the Romans’ suppression of the Jєωιѕн revolt (66–70 C.E.). The revolt was effectively quashed with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E., though thereafter the Roman army continued to stamp out the last of the rebels at such hideouts as
Herod’s desert fortress at Masada.
Judaea Capta coin struck by Roman Emperor Vespasian.
Photo: Casden Collection.Minted in gold, silver and bronze, the
Roman imperial Judaea Capta coins often feature on the reverse a palm tree, under which sits a female in mourning—symbols of the conquered Judea. Other varieties of the Judaea Capta series depict a male captive with his hands tied behind his back, the goddess Victory and Roman symbols of war. The legend reads IUDAEA CAPTA or IUDAEA DEVICTA (“Judea defeated”). The obverse of Judaea Capta coins feature a profile of the Roman emperor, most often Vespasian. Judaea Capta coins were minted for 25 years by Vespasian and his sons and successors
Titus and Domitian.