| Palestine , Gaza. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ (28mm, 14.66g, 1h). Dated Epedimia 3 and CY 192 (AD 131/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Io and Tyche standing facing one another, clasping hands; Phoenician mem between, [Γ] ЄΠI B[ЧP] (date) in exergue. Rosenberger –; cf. Yashin 307–8; SNG ANS 915. Good VF, green surfaces, earthen deposits.
Hadrian visited Gaza more than once, and it was upon such a visit in AD 128 that an additional reckoning date, that of the επιδημία (imperial visit), was added. During one of his trips the great temple of Zeus-Marnas may have been founded, as it first appears on the coins of Hadrian.
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