915. AELIA CAPITOLINA COIN – ISSUED BY EMPEROR HADRIAN TO COMMEMORATE THE FOUNDING OF THE NEW CITY (130/131 AD) THAT WAS BUILT IN THE PLACE OF CONQUERED JERUSALEM. ONE SIDE OF THE COIN BEARS THE BUST OF HADRIAN, THE REVERSE DEPICTS A PRIEST PLOWING WITH A PAIR OF BULLS, TO MARK OUT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NEW COLONY
Photograph by Zev Radovan
