| Location | Israel |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Composition | Tombac |
| Weight | 40 g |
| Diameter | 45 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Lettering: State of Israel מדינת ישראל כסף 935 Sterling |
| Period | |
| Notice | |
| Reference(s) | ICMC#15055450 |
| Obverse description | Across the center, front view of a plane. Underneath, a high relief outline of the airport building, as well as buildings stressing the Middle East character of the city. Above, on the rim, the word `Lod` and its Hebrew equivalent. |
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| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | Lod לוד |
| Reverse description | In the center, a replica of a city coin of Lod, minted at the beginning of the third century CE by Emperor Caracalla: the head of Tyche (Fortune), looking to the left. She wears a crown, representing city-walls and towers. Around, the inscription, in Greek: `Lucia Septimia Severa Diaspolis`, as Lod was officially called in Roman times. On the rim of the medal, around the inscription `Coin of Lod, 3971-77` in Hebrew above and in English below, 211-217 CE. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | מטבע לוד ג` תתק`ע א`-ז Coin of Lod 211-217 C.E. (Translation: (On Coin in Greek) Lucia Septimia Severa Diaspolis) |
| Mintage | |
| Numisquare ID | 9966119130 |
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