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Coins of the Jews (1881)

Madden, Frederic W. (Frederic William) · London : Trübner & Co. · leaf 266

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r ina.d. 135 ;l which, according to Clinton,2 Tillemont3 proper/// explains to mean that the newcity JElia was destroyed by Bar-cochab, and restored by Hadrian after the war. From these facts it seems most probable (1) that a colony was sent to Jerusalem ina.d. 131 by order of Hadrian, and the city… … Obverse.1. M.W. IMP. CAES. TRAIANO HADRIANO.Bust of Hadrian to the right, laureated, withpaludamentum. Reverse.COL. AEL. KAPIT., and in the exergue COND.Colon driving two oxen to the right; behindthem a standard, fixed in the ground. (De Saulcy, Mum. Jud. pi. xv. No. 5; Madden, Jew. Coinage, p.…

Numismatics, Jewish · Coins in the Bible · Numismatics, Roman

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