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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3825360, member: 85693&quot;]This is an ugly one from Casearea Martimia, but if my attribution is right, it is kind of interesting:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017663[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Titus / Hadrian&nbsp; Æ 22</b></p><p><b>(c. 73 A.D. C/M c. 135 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Roman Provincial - Samaria, </b></p><p><b>Caesarea Maritima for Judaea</b></p><p>[AVTOKΡ TITOΣ KAIΣAΡ],laureate head right / [IOYΔIAΣ EAΛΩKYIAΣ], trophy of arms, Judaea sitting &amp; shield at base.</p><p>RPC 2313 (uncertain attribution)</p><p>(10.45 grams / 22 x 21 mm)</p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Laureate head right, in rectangular punch, 5.5 x 6.5 mm. Howgego 133 (17 pcs). </p><p><b>Note:</b> The countermark may have been applied in Palestine.&nbsp; Referred to as &quot;Hadrian&#039;s Head,&quot; this countermark is sometimes connected to Legio XII and the Bar Kokhba Revolt (c. 132-136 A.D.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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