Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Coins relating to the Bais Hamikdash #2






(top image) Judea Capta, issued by the Roman Empire to "celebrate" the downfall of Eretz Yisroel and the destruction of the Temple. Judea Capta means "Judea has been captured."
(fourth from bottom) The Roman general, Titus Flavius, "yimach shemo," commander of the Roman troops who destroyed our Holy Bais Hamikdash
(third from bottom) Emperor Vespasian (large image) and his two sons, Titus (the general, small image on the left) and Domitian, (who built the famous Arch of Titus commemorating the destruction of Yerushalayim
(second from bottom) The Roman emperor, Vespasian, at the time of the "churban
(first from bottom) Hadrian - "yimach shemo," the Roman emperor who converted the Bais HaMikdash into a temple for "avodah zorah."

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