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Coin of Caesarea Maritima under Hadrian

Coin of Caesarea Maritima under Hadrian

r. 117-138 CE

Hadrian

Roman

Obverse: bust of Hadrian to right, laureate and draped Reverse: Tyche wearing a turreted crown and a short chiton, a short sword (parazonium) at her waist, standing left, holding a human bust in the right hand and resting on a stylis (?) with her left hand, the right foot on a prow.

Bronze

Roman Imperial period, Middle

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