“Had Christ not owned a cape so precious that even well-paid Roman soldiers did not want to cut it in half?”
In an attempt at keeping contextually accurate, by rending the cloth the soldiers knew that the value would be appreciably less, which meant that the amount of cheap rude wine procured would be less as well.
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Not clear what you’re saying here. Are you disputing the idea that Jesus Christ our Lord was wearing a fine piece of clothing by comparing it to cheap wine? (If so, how does the context bear that out?)
“Was wearing a fine piece of clothing by comparing it to cheap wine?”
Nope, but the whole tunic was worth more in trade than if the soldiers split it up. As for the garment being a fine item of clothing... perhaps because of the blood spilled upon it during and after the whipping and beating Jesus received at the hands of the Roman soldiers the bloodied garments became precious but to the soldiers it was barter.
Every item of those crucified was collected by the attending soldiers, lots were cast and the items were then either traded in bulk or individually. Wine was often a medium of exchange out in the frontiers of the empire and the Roman foot soldiers were renowned drunkards and louts. Flavious at el, bears historical context to the demeaning and cruel realities of crucifixion.
... “disputing the idea that Jesus Christ our Lord was wearing a fine piece of clothing?”
Here are two accounts of this:
“Then Jesus went out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak . . . (John 19:5)”
This was to see Pontius Pilot and was mocked as being King of the Jews.
And in Matthew...
“When they were done mocking Him, they took the cloak off Him; and they put His own garments on Him and led Him away to crucify Him.” (Matthew 27:31)