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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3955765, member: 56859&quot;]I think that&#039;s a snake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a similar coin, a cool &quot;snack&quot; from AMCC2 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t had time to do any reading about it and the attribution plus historical background is copied from Sev&#039;s auction blurb.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1042090[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Hadrian </b></p><p>117-138 CE;&nbsp; 2.72 gm, 12 mm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; [IMP TR HADRIANO CA]; laureate (?) head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; [CIFAC]; lion walking right, snake above</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG ANS 774; BMC 76.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse legend stands for C[OLONIA] P[RIMA] F[LAVIA] A[VGVSTA] F[ELIX] C[AESARENSIS]. Founded by Herod the Great, the Romans made Caesarea Maritima the capital of the province of Judaea; it was elevated to the status of Colonia by Vespasian. This coin was issued around the time of the Bar Kokhba revolt under Hadrian. After the revolt&#039;s suppression, Hadrian instituted a number of repressive measures, including renaming the province to Syria Palaestina, prohibiting Torah law and the Jewish calendar, and burning sacred books.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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