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THE HANDBOOK OF PALESTINE

Philip, Agrippa I. and II. (42 A.D. to 95 A.D.). All of these are bronze, and some are very rare.

Late Jewish Period.—The coins of Bar Cochba (122 or 132 A.D.) comprise the silver tetradrachm and denarius with the inscription of Simon, Jerusalem and Eleazar ha-Kohen, and large bronzes with jug, palm-tree and lyre, and the same legend. These are dated

(1) Leheruth Yerushalayim 122 or 132 A.D.
(2) Shnat Achath Geulath Israel 123 or 133 A.D.
(3) Shnat Bet Lachar Israel 124 or 134 A.D.

Some are very rare.

Greek and Roman Period.—The coins of this period include:

(1) Small bronze coins of the Roman Procurators struck at Caesarea, beginning with Caponius (6 A.D.) or, as some think, Ambivius (9 A.D.), and ending with Antonius Felix (52–60 A.D.);

(2) "Judaea Capta" bronze coins struck by Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian to commemorate the conquest of Judaea;

(3) "Aelia Capitolina" bronze coins struck with the name "Aelia Capitolina," the new city built by Hadrian on the site of Jerusalem. These begin with that Emperor (125 A.D. or 135 A.D.) and end with Hostilian (251–2 A.D.);

(4) Imperial and Colonial bronze and silver coins struck in Palestinian cities, and bearing the busts and names of the Emperors, the City Goddess, and the names of the Cities.

Coins of the following cities have been found; Anthedon, Antipatris, Ascalon, Bostra (Araba), Caesarea, Diospolis (Lydda), Eleutheropolis (Beit Jibrin), Gaza, Gadara, Gerasa, Hippos, Joppa, Nicopolis-Emmaus, Neapolis (Nablus, Shechem), Nysa-Scythopolis, Philadelphia (Amman), Panias, Philippopolis, Ptolemais (Acre), Sepphoris-Diocaesarea, Sebaste, and Tiberias.