JUDAEA CAPTA, MINT OF CAESAREA since the source of the

since the source of the lamps is unknown the division is uncertain

DURATION OF USE It would seem that Pilate's money was in current use for at least 35 years

between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba

Only bronze 'Judaea Capta' coins were struck in Caesarea

Between June 1949 and September 1950

JUDAEA CAPTA, MINT OF CAESAREA since the source of theJudaea Capta coins (also spelled Judea Capta) were a series of commemorative coins originally issued by the Roman Emperor Vespasian to celebrate the capture of Judaea and the destruction of the Jewish Second Temple by his son Titus in 70 AD during the First Jewish Revolt. There are several variants of the coinage. The reverse of the coins may show a female (representing Jerusalem seated right in an attitude of mourning at the base of a palm tree, with