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    IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III

    IMPERATOR CAESAR VESPASIAN AUGUSTUS PONTIFEX MAXIMUS TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE PATER PATRIAE CONSUL TERTIUM

    (yes, the Romans were very fond of abbreviations)

    Emperor (or ‘Commander’) Caesar Vespasian Augustus, high priest, holder of tribunician power (veto and the power to propose legislation), father of the fatherland, consul (elected political leader) for the third time

    IVDEA CAPTA S C

    IVDEA CAPTA SENATUS CONSULTUM

    Judea conquered, [by] decree of the Senate

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