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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Greek Imperial| > |Judaea & Palestine| > SH75359
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Syria Palestina
|Judaea| |&| |Palestine|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.,| |Aelia| |Capitolina| |(Jerusalem),| |Syria| |Palestina|, In 135, Simon bar Kokhba was killed in Betar, a fortress where he had taken refuge. Resistance continued in Galilee. The Jewish diaspora began as Emperor Hadrian barred Jews from Jerusalem and had survivors of the massacre dispersed across the Roman Empire. Many were sold into slavery. Jerusalem, largely destroyed, was renamed Colonia Aelia Capitolina. Legio VI Ferrata rebuilt the legionary fortress in the city and constructed a Roman temple at Golgotha. An altar to Jupiter was erected on the site of the Temple in Jerusalem.
SH75359. Bronze AE 13, RPC Online IV.3 3966; Sofaer 6; Meshorer Aelia 4; Kadman Aelia 6; Rosenberger I 4; BMC Palestine p. 82, 3, aVF, well centered, dark black and brown patina, slightly rough, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem) mint, weight 2.233g, maximum diameter 12.7mm, die axis 180o, c. 135 - 10 Jul 138 A.D.; obverse IMP - HAD, laureate head right; reverse COL / AEL (Colonia Aelia), boar walking right; from the J. Berlin Caesarea Collection; extremely rare; SOLD











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