page_title: Fiscus Judaicus
hierarchical_section_title: Fiscus Judaicus
caption_attribution_description: English: NERVA. 96-98 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.09 gm). Struck January-September 97 AD. Laureate head right / Palm tree. RIC II 82; BMCRE 106; Cohen 57. VF, green patina, light smoothing, trace of roughness on reverse. עברית: מטבע של נרווה עם הכיתוב "בוטלה אכזריות גביית המס היהודי"
context_page_description: The fiscus Iudaicus or fiscus Judaicus was a tax-collecting agency instituted to collect the tax imposed on Jews in the Roman Empire after the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in AD 70. Revenues were directed to the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Rome.
context_section_description: The fiscus Iudaicus (Latin for "Jewish tax") or fiscus Judaicus was a tax-collecting agency instituted to collect the tax imposed on Jews in the Roman Empire after the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in AD 70. Revenues were directed to the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Rome.
caption: A coin issued by Nerva reads fisci Judaici calumnia sublata, "abolition of malicious prosecution in connection with the Jewish tax"[1]
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