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Gold coin linked to destruction of Jerusalem
Gold coin linked to destruction of Jerusalem
Gold coin, 70CE, Jerusalem, found in Finstock, Oxfordshire, 1850 by a farmer Gallery 7: Money This small gold coin links to the destruction of Jersusalem and the Holy Temple. Rome had been battling the Jewish rebels since 66 CE, many of whom had retreated to Jerusalem. In 70CE Emperor Vespasian ordered his son Titus to lay siege to the city of Jerusalem, killing more than half a million people. The coin shows the Emperor Vespasian on one side and Justice on the other.
