ISRAEL 1965 Historical Cities Coin Medal Series CAESAREA 45mm 48g SILVER +BOX

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ISRAEL 1965 Historical Cities Coin Medal Series CAESAREA 45mm 48g SILVER +BOX
Historical Cities Coin Medal Series
CAESAREA
1965, State Medal
Silver 935, Weight: 48gr. Diameter: 45mm.
Near the end of the Second Commonwealth, Caesarea was the most beautiful city in all of Israel and many Jews were attracted to it. The great revolt against the Romans was kindled in Caesarea and Jews were among the first to be killed in the revolt. In the 2nd century AD the Jewish community was reestablished in Caesarea and during the Mishnaic and Talmudic period it served as a focal point of attraction to Tannaim and Amoraim. The town was destroyed during the Arab conquest in 639. The Crusaders who conquered Caesarea in 1102 fortified it again. The final Moslim conquest in 1265 left the city abandoned. In modern times Caesarea's glory was rediscovered by archaeologists who have unearthed a brilliant past including remnants of Jewish synagogues from the period of the 4th to 7th centuries.
On the obverse appears a Roman arch with the sea beyond. Below, a capital from the 5th century synagogue found on the spot, featuring a seven-branched candelabrum between acanthus leaves. The name of the city in inscribed in Hebrew above and in English below.
The reverse shows a replica of a coin minted in Caesarea by Herod Agrippas I (37-44 AD). The patron deity Tyche (Fortune) is holding in her right hand a ship's rudder, and in her left a palm branch. The inscription around Tyche in Greek reads "Caesarea, close to the harbor Sebastos" (Sebastos being the Greek for Augustus), the letter "LH" stand for the year 44 CE. On the rim appears the inscription "Coin of Caesarea 3804" in Hebrew, and 44 C.E. in English.
This item was Issued by Israel Government Coins and Medals Corporation Ltd.
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