Medal - Israel Historical Cities Coin of Caesarea

Location Israel
Year 1965-1966
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Silver (.935)
Weight 48 g
Diameter 45 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s) ICMC#25053450
Obverse description A stylized impression of the city: a Roman arch with the sea beyond. Below, a capital from the 5th century synagogue found on the spot, featuring a seven-branched candelabrum between acanthus leaves. The name of the city, `Caesarea`, in Hebrew above and in English below.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering CAESAREA
Reverse description In the center, a replica of a coin minted in Caesarea by Agrippas 1 (37-44 CE). Tyche (Fortune) holding in her right hand a ship`s rudder, in her left a palm branch. The inscription around Tyche in Greek, `Caesarea, close to the harbor Sebastos`, (Sebastos being the Greek for Augustus), the letter `LH` stand for the year 44 CE. On the rim, the inscription, `Coin of Caesarea 44 CE` in Hebrew, 3804 in English below.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering ΤΩCEB ACTΩΛΙ KAICAPI ΑΗΠΡΟ LH COIN OF CAESAREA 44 C.E.
Mintage
Numisquare ID 9387917970
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