69-70 AD., Vespasian, Rome mint, Judaea Capta type, Denarius, RIC 2.

Vespasian, Rome mint, 69-70 AD., Judaea Capta type,
Denarius (17-18 mm / 3,41 g), silver, axis coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: I[M]P CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG , laureate head of Vespasian r., obverse die breaks, a big at “M“ below bust and a smaller one at forehead.
Rev.: IVDAEA , mourning Judaea, veiled and supporting head with hand, seated right on ground before military trophy consisting of helmet, cuirass, two shields, and greaves mounted on pole, two more shields at base. Thin flan crack left of trophy.
new RIC II, I, 2 ; old RIC II, 15 ; CBN III, 89, 23 ; Coh. 226 ; RSC 226 ; BMC 35 ; Hendin 1479 .

Ex Künker auction 115, lot 894 (September 2006)
unusual portrait, same style as Triskeles Auctions, Sale 30, lot no. 213 (06.12.2019) ( https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6573955 ; https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3590&lot=213 )

This type celebrates the victory of Vespasian and Titus. Coins commemorating this event are referred to as 'Judaea Capta' issues. In the 'Judaea Capta' coinage, the seated personified Judaea evokes the iconographic language of the defeated and degraded prisoner.
On 14 April 70 A.D. Titus surrounded Jerusalem. He allowed pilgrims to enter to celebrate Passover but this was a trap to put pressure on supplies of food and water; he refused to allow them to leave. On 10 May he began his assault on the walls. The third wall fell on 25 May. The second wall fell on 30 May. On 20 July Titus stormed the Temple Mount. On 4 August 70 A.D. Titus destroyed the Temple. The Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av mourns the Fall of Jerusalem annually on this date.