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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;atom, post: 8048568, member: 109788&quot;]I&#039;m always enamored by the many coins issued to depict Judaea with the palm tree. It is a tree that is <a href="https://classic.net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Palm%20Tree" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://classic.net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Palm%20Tree" rel="nofollow">referenced in many ways in the Bible</a>, and has been used on Bar Kochba&#039;s coinage of the second Jewish revolt, but also on Rome&#039;s Judaea Capta commemorative coins in gold, silver and bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1393448[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a silver denarius with a bust of Vespasian 69-79CE struck in Antioch in 72CE, weighing 3.45g. The reverse shows a standing emperor and mourning Jewess on either side of palm tree. Background image taken by me on a trip to southern Israel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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