The prototype for the coins issued by Vespasian and Titus was a silver denarius struck in 69 C.E. by Vitellius, who was emperor for only eight months, before his execution by Flavian forces on December 22, 69 C.E. David Hendin, Guide to Biblical Coins, 4th ed. (Nyack, NY: Amphora, 2001), pl. 25, no. 755.
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