Iudaea Recepta coin

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Iudaea Recepta coin

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From ASOR blog (by David Hendin):
"In a 2013 auction at Numismatica Ars Classica (32, May 16, 2013) a Vespasian gold aureus with the unique reverse legend IVDAEA RECEPTA was purchased by David and Jemima Jeselsohn (it is now on display at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem). Gambash al.*** concluded that the coin is authentic. Based on legend, design, and portrait style, numismatists believe it was issued prior to the standard IVDAEA CAPTA victory series commemorating the Roman victory in the First Revolt (66-70 CE). The RECEPTA legend is “in direct contradiction to a triumphal ceremony and the dedication of arches to Titus for his victory over the Jews…” they write (p. 98), and conclude that this coin “expresses what must have been an earlier and short-lived policy, completely opposed to the one eventually adopted, and for that reason immediately discarded…” (p. 100). It may have been Titus “who impulsively rushed to declare, that Judea was back under the yoke (Iudaea recepta), only to be called to order by his father. In this case our coin is likely to have been minted in Judea, either in Jerusalem or somewhat later in Caesarea Maritima” (pp. 100-101). Donald T. Ariel of the IAA believes that the importance of this coin “has not even begun to be assimilated by historians.”"

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