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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 8198065, member: 97383&quot;]Roman coinage from Aelia Capitolina has an interesting history. Hadrian&#039;s visit to the ruins in Jerusalem in 130 CE led to the founding of Aelia Capitolina. Hadrian planed on turning Jerusalem into a Hellenistic city and wanted to erase any trace of the Jews who were considered barbarians. Their religious sacrifices and practice of circumcision were especially heinous to Hadrian. When the construction of a temple dedicated to Jupiter was planed on the site of the destroyed 2nd temple that King Herod had built, Jews were enraged. The Bar Kochba rebellion ensued, 132-135 CE, and ended in a disaster for the Jews. All Jews were banned from the city and a program to populate the city with Roman military veterans and their families began. Jews were allowed to return to Aelia Capitolina only one day a year for a special religious ceremony. Pictured below is a very rare commemorative foundation coin issued by Hadrian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1436182[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Hadrian, 117-138 CE (struck circa 130 CE), Aelia Capitolina Mint. AE 25 mm, 10.7 gm. Obverse: Hadrian draped and facing right, seen from behind. Reverse: Hadrian ploughing a boundary with an ox and cow, military standard in the background. This coin is in a private collection.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Aelia Capitolina coinage was minted by 15 different Roman emperors and finally ended with Gallienus. The 1st silver coins were minted by Caracalla to help fund his proposed war with the Persian Empire, 215-217 CE, about 37% pure silver, usually referred to as billon. The coin pictured below is a very rare dynastic issue by Septimius Severus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1436195[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). <i>Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta, 193-211 CE. </i>AE 30 mm, 23.16 gm, 12 h. Cf. Meshorer, Aelia 81. Ex Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.&nbsp; <i>CNG Coin shop 503622, sold for $2250. </i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>The coin pictured below is the 1st coin I won at <b>CNG Triton XXV, lot 696</b>. The coin was misattributed by CNG, much to my advantage as Prieur 1626 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, however, it turned out to be a rare unlisted variant with the reverse of Prieur 1627. Apparently I wasn&#039;t the only one to notice CNG&#039;s error, since the coin sold for nearly three times the estimate of $500 in spirited bidding <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1436203[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla, 198-217 CE (struck 215-217). Billon Tetradrachm: 12.39 gm, 27.15 mm, 12 h. Prieur 1626/1627 variant. Same obverse die as Prieur&#039;s plate coin 1626, Caracalla laureate and draped facing right, seen from the front. The reverse has the shortened inscription like Prieur&#039;s 1627, eagle standing on thyrsus facing, head to left with wreath in his beak, amphora between legs. Rare. <i>Ex Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>Reference: The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions, from 57 BC to AD 253. Michel and Karen Prieur. Copyright 2000. Published by CNG Inc.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CT </b>members are welcome to post coins from Aelia Capitolina, or anything relevant to this thread <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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