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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 1975254, member: 70512&quot;]<font size="4"><b>Berytus (Beirut) Hadrianus AE 20 128-138 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>ex</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>FORVM ANCIENT COINS</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p>Reference.</p><p>Rouvier 532; SNG Cop 101; BMC Phoenicia p. 66, 99</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG P P</p><p>laureate and draped bust right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.</p><p>COL / BER, two legionary aquilae (eagles) flanking inscription in two lines, all within laurel wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>4,989 gr</p><p>19,7 mm</p><p>die axis 0o</p><p><br /></p><p>aVF </p><p><br /></p><p>Extra.</p><p>Named for the daughter of Augustus, Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus was founded in 14 B.C. with veterans of the 5th and 8th legions. Herod the Great, Herod Agrippa I, and Herod Agrippa II built sumptuous monuments and sponsored gladiatorial combats at Berytos. After the siege of Jerusalem, Titus gave gladiatorial games at Berytos, in which the combatants were Jews.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351060[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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