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JUDAEA, Gaza. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ (28mm, 14.25 g, 1h). Dated Epedimia 3 and CY 192 (AD 131/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Io and Tyche standing facing one another, clasping hands; Phoenician mem between, [Γ] ЄΠI B[ЧP] (date) in exergue. Rosenberger –; RPC III 4024; cf. Yashin 307–8; SNG ANS 915; Sofaer 57. Green surfaces, earthen deposits. Good VF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 307 (24 July 2013), lot 249.
Hadrian visited Gaza more than once, and it was upon such a visit in AD 128 that an additional reckoning date, that of the επιδημία (imperial visit), was added. During one of his trips the great temple of Zeus-Marnas may have been founded, as it first appears on the coins of Hadrian.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 307 (24 July 2013), lot 249.
Hadrian visited Gaza more than once, and it was upon such a visit in AD 128 that an additional reckoning date, that of the επιδημία (imperial visit), was added. During one of his trips the great temple of Zeus-Marnas may have been founded, as it first appears on the coins of Hadrian.