How Rome Used Coins to Humiliate the Jews
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What can a coin tell us about history, power, and identity? Jonathan Schwab and Yael Steiner read history in metal, tracing the Roman Judaea Capta coins—tiny discs of imperial propaganda stamped with victory goddesses, palm trees, and a weeping Judean woman meant to broadcast conquest with every transaction. From Vespasian’s bid for legitimacy to Israel’s 1958 Israel…
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