Did Roman Money Actually Depict Yahudah as a Mourning Woman After the Conquest?

Evidence: surviving Judaea Capta coins · Physical sources: British Museum, Jewish Museum

What the ancient record says

Yes, a recurring image is a female personification of Judaea: seated, mourning, head resting on hand, beside Roman trophies or captured weapons; some issues bound. Ancient Roman coins, not modern artwork.

The British Museum holds examples; the Jewish Museum holds a gold Judaea Capta coin of Vespasian dated 71 CE, describing the series as commemorating the triumph over Yahrushalam and representing defeated Judaea as a mourning woman. Roman coinage commonly personified conquered territories as human figures, symbolic, not a claim that one woman represented every inhabitant, but the political message (the territory defeated) is unmistakable, placed in a posture of mourning/submission opposite the emperor's portrait.