[Hendin 810 of Hadrian]Jerusalem was refounded as Colonia Aelia Capitolina by Hadrian in 131 AD.
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| Meshorer 26 | Jerusalem, AR Judahite hemiobol or hemigerah. 0.3 g. Struck under the high priest Hezekiah. Head of a horned, cat-like animal left. / Yehezqiyah in Hebrew beneath forepart of winged animal with the head of the Persian king, left. Meshorer 26. | Text | Image |
| RPC 4970 | Claudius AE prutah, Jerusalem (Aelia Capitolina), struck AD 41-54 for Agrippina II. dated Year 14. AD 54. 11 mm, 2.64 g. TI KΛAYΔIOC KAIΣAΡ ΓEΡM, two crossed palm branches, date L IΔ below. / IOY-ΛIA AΓ-ΡIΠΠI-NA in four lines within laurel wreath. RPC 4970; Meshorer 32; Hendin 1347. | Text | Image |
| RPC 4971 | Claudius for Britannicus, AE18 Prutah of Jerusalem, AD 54. Dated Year 14. 2.88 g. BΡIT KAI around, date L-IΔ across fields, palm tree. / NEΡΩ KΛAY KAICAΡ, two crossed spears and shields. Meshorer 29; RPC I 4971; Sofaer 59-61. | Text | Image |
| Hendin 810 | Hadrian AE 23mm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANO AVG P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL AEL KA-PIT, COND in exergue, Hadrian as founder plowing right, with cow and bull. Meshorer 2. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Hendin 811 | Hadrian and Aelius, AE26 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. IMP CAE TRAIA HADRIANO AVG, laureate, draped bust right. / L AELIVS CAESA COL AEL KAP, bare head of Aelius right. Hendin 811; Lindgren III, 802; Meshorer 8, Kadman 8; RPC 3969; Sofaer 8-9. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 3 | Hadrian AE17 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. IMP HADRIAN...AR CA..., laureate draped bust right / legionary eagle, CO AE below. SNG Cop 23. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 7 | Hadrian and Sabina AE20 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. 135-138 AD. IMP CAE TR HAD AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SABIN AVGVS, draped bust of Sabina right. BMC 1. | Text | Image |
| Rosenberger 7 | Hadrian AE25 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. IMP CAE TR HAD AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SABIN AVGVS, draped bust of Sabina right. BMC 1; Meshorer 7, Kadman 7; RPC 3968. | Text | Image |
| BMC 5 | Antoninus Pius, AE23 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. IMP ANTONINO AVG P PP, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COL AELIA CAP, Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. BMC 18-19; Mionnet V, 5; Saulcy 1; Meshorer, Aelia 24; Rosenberger 16; Bernhart 209. | Text | Image |
| BMC 21 | Antoninus Pius, AE23 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AD 138-161. 10.12 gr. IMP ANTONINVS AVG PP P (from top right, clockwise), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CO A-E CA (from centre right, clockwise), the Dioskuroi standing left and right, their heads turned towards each other, stars above their heads, each holding a spear and resting one hand on their hips, eagle standing facing between them, head left. Meshorer 22; BMC 21. | Text | Image |
| BMC 28 | Antoninus Pius, AE23 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AD 138-161. IMP ANTONINVS AVG PP P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CO A E CA (from centre right, clockwise), the Dioskuroi standing left and right, their heads turned towards each other, stars above their heads, each holding a spear and resting one hand on their hips. (No eagle between them). BMC 28. | Text | Image |
| Hendin 812 | Antoninus Pius AE 22mm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. ANTONINVS AVG PPP, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CO AE CA, the Dioscuri standing facing, holding sceptres; heads turned inward; eagle between, head left. Rosenberger 14, Meshorer 22, BMC 21. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 9 | Antoninus Pius AE 23 mm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. ANTONINVS... bare head right / ..HADRIANO AVG, bare-headed, draped bust of Hadrian right. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 12 | Antoninus Pius AE 23 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. Laureate bust right / bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius right. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 14 | Antoninus Pius, AE16 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AD 138-161. ..W AN, laureate head right / IOL AELIA CAP, Dionysos, loins draped, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Meshorer 14; Sofaer 15. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 21 | Antoninus Pius AE25 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. IMP ANTONINVS AVG P P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CO AE CA, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 25a | Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AE (21mm, 7.62 g, 11h). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Ares standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield on ground. Meshorer, Aelia 25a. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 37 | Antoninus Pius AE 21 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. Laureate bust right / small bust of Marcus Aurelius to right. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 41 | Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II AE 19 mm of Aelia Capitolina. IMP ANTONINO CAES AVG PIO, laureate, draped bust of Antoninus Pius right / VERVS ET FAVST[...], bare-headed, draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right, facing diademed and draped bust of Faustina II left. Berlin 1910/223; RPC online 10146 (both as unknown mint); Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina, p. 76, no. 41. | Text | Image |
| Rosen 11 | Antoninus Pius AE22 of Aelia Capitolina. 9.36 gr. IMP ANTONINVS AVG P PP, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / (from top right) CO AE CA dot, turreted, draped bust of Tyche right. Rosen 11; BMC 8. | Text | Image |
| BMC 42 | Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AE27 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. 19,65 g. IMP C M ANTONINO ET VERO AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, facing laureate, draped and cuirassed of Lucius Verus left / COL AEL CAP, tetrastyle temple with Tyche-Astarte, turreted standing left within, parazonium at her side, right foot on helmet, holding human bust in right hand. BMC 42; Mionnet V, 20; Saulcy ("Terre Sainte") 3. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 54 | Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE25mm of Aelia Capitolina. Confronted busts of M. Aurelius and L. Verus / Victory with wreath and palm branch. Saulcy 5-8. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 55 | Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE26 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. IMP CAES ANTONINO ET VERO AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus / COL AEL CAP (anticloclwise from top left), Tyche seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae. de Saulcy 9; Mionnet V, 22; Madden 4. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 56 | Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE21 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AD 161-180. 6.20 g. M AVR ANTONINVS L VERVS.., confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus / COL AEL CAP, Bust of Serapis left. De Saulcy 2; Mionnet Supp VIII, 14. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Athena Numis. G51 | Caracalla, AR tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina (or Nysa-Scythopolis), AD 198-217. 24mm, 11.47g. AYT KAI ANTωN(EINOC CE?), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing right, head left, tail left, wings spread, wreath in beak. Panther holding amphora (?) below. Unpublished symbol. Athena Num. G51. | Text | Image |
| BMC 66 | Caracalla, AE24 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. ANTONINVS PIVS AVGVSTVS (or AVGV), laureate, draped bust right / COMM PIA FELIX, COL AEL (below), tetrastyle temple with central arch, within, Tyche standing, holding small bust and sceptre. BMC 66-70. | Text | Image |
| Hendin 815cf | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. Dated 215-217 AD. Laureate head right / ΔHMAΡ EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak; vine leaf below. Meshorer 95a var, Prieur 1615/1616 (obv./rev.); cf. SNG ANS 614-615. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1617 | Caracalla, AR tetradrachm, Aelia Capitolina mint. AD 215-217. 14.42g. AYT KAI ANTωNINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / ΔHMAΡ EΞ YΠATOC T Δ, eagle standing with body right on a filleted thyrsos, head left, tail left, wreath in beak, vine leaf between legs. Prieur 1617; Bellinger 349. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1623 | Caracalla Billon Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. 26 mm, 13.70 g. AYT KAI ANTωNINOC CE-B, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ΔHMAΡX EX YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing left on filleted thyrsos, head and tail left. Bunch of grapes between legs, vine branch in ex. Prieur 1623. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1634 | Caracalla, AR tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina, AD 198-217. 24mm, 14.35 g. AYT KAI ANTωNINOC CB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC Δ, eagle standing right on vine branch, head left, tail left, wings spread, wreath in beak. Amphora between legs. Prieur 1634; ANS Sofaer 81. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1635 | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AVT KAI ANTΩNINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAΡ EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle with spread wings standing facing on thyrsus, head left, cantharus between legs, ivy leaf in exergue. | Text | Image |
| BMC 72 | Geta, AE25 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AD 198-209. P CEP GETA CAISAR (sic), bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust left / COLONI AELIA CAPI COM P FEL, Dionysos, loins draped, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. BMC 72-74; Meshorer, Aelia 85; Sofaer 86; Kadman 94; Rosenberger 52; Bernhart 210. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 84 | Geta, AE24 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AD 209-211. P SEP GETA CASAR (sic), bare-headed, draped bust right / COLONI AELIA CAP COM P FEL, Dionysos, loins draped, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Meshorer 84. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1638 | Macrinus, AR tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. 25 mm, 13.78 g. AYT K M OΠΛ MAKΡINO CEB, laureate head right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC ΠΠ, eagle standing front on filleted thyrsos, head and tail left, wings spread, wreath in beak, kantharos between legs. Prieur 1638. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1645 | Diadumenian, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Palestine. AD 217-218. 25mm, 11.46g. (...), bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAΡ EΞ YΠATOC (or similar),eagle standing, looking left, wreath in beak. Prieur 1645. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1646 | Diadumenian, AR tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AD 217-218. 26mm, 14.36 g. M OΠ ANTωN KAI, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ΔHMAΡX EΞ YΠATOC ΠΠ, eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail left, wings spread, wreath in beak. Wine jar (amphora) between legs. Prieur 1646; Meshorer, Aelia 99a; Sofaer 96. | Text | Image |
| BMC 85 | Elagabalus, AE24 of Aelia Capitolina, 8.67 g. IMP C M A ANTONINVS, laureate, draped bust right. / COL AELIA CA C PI FE or similar (many variations), quadriga facing carrying baetyl decorated with an eagle. BMC 85-86; Kadman (Aelia) 146-149; Sofaer 120; Rosenberger 78; Meshorer (Aelia) 133; SNG ANS 625-626. | Text | Image |
| de Saulcy 6 | Elagabalus AE19 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. 218-222 AD. IMP C M A[VR ANTONINVS], Laureate, cuirassed bust right / COL A[EL CAP COMM]. Head of Sarapis right, wearing kalathos. CNI I, 130; Madden 4; de Saulcy, Terre Sainte, 6. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 113a | Elagabalus AE23 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AD 218-222. 10.40 g. IMP C M A ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COL AEL CAP COMM PF around and beneath founder plowing left with yoke of oxen; vexillum in background. Meshorer, Aelia 113a; Sofaer 97. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 133a | Elagabalus AE23mm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. Laureate bust right / Eagle on Sacred Stone of Elagabalus drawn by a quadriga of horses. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 135 | Elagabalus, AE20 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. AD 218-222. 5.98 g. 19.6 mm. IM C M AYR ANTWNINVS A, radiate head right. / COL AEL CAP COMM, draped bust of Serapis right, modius on head. Meshorer (Aelia) 135; Mionnet V, 28; Rosenberger 69-71; SNG Lewis 1985; Saulcy Terre Sainte 7. | Text | Image |
| BMC 94var | Alexander Severus, AE21 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. 222-235 AD. ..CM A SE ALEXANDV, laureate head right / COL AEL CAP (P retrograde), Tyche seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae; eagle standing left on column before. Meshorer 149 Var; BMC 94 var. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 168 | Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AE25mm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. Q HER ETR MES (DECIVS NOB C), radiate draped bust right / (COL AEL CA)P COM, she-wolf and twins right, legionary aquila in the background. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 169 | Herennius Etruscus AE28 of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. C M Q DECIVS ETRVSCVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL AEL CAP COM P F, boar running right; on his back, legionary eagle of the Legio X Fretensis. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 172 | Herennius Etruscus AE26 of Aelia Capitolina. C M Q DECIVS ETRVSCVS AVG, radiate draped bust right / COL AEL CAP COM P F, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. | Text | Image |
| Meshorer 179 | Hostilian AE26.4 mm of Aelia Capitolina, Palestine. C VAL OST MES QVINTV, radiate head right / COL AEL KA, Astarte standing left holding globe, Nike on a column to right, an eagle on legionary standard to her left, vase at foot. Meshorer 179; de Saulcy Hostilian 1. | Text | Image |
