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State Medal - Nazareth
| Location | Israel |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Composition | Silver (.935) |
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| Obverse description | A stylized panoramic cityscape of Nazareth rendered in low relief, depicting rooftops, churches, minarets, and cypress trees rising across terraced hillsides. The legend "NAZARETH" appears in relief along the lower rim within a recessed arc. |
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| Obverse lettering | NAZARETH |
| Reverse description | The central field depicts a fragment of a 4th-century marble inscription discovered at Caesarea, shown in raised relief with ancient Hebrew text, set against a background of enlarged inscription characters filling the field. A bilingual legend in Hebrew and English encircles the rim, identifying the 18th priestly course originating from Nazareth. |
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