315, Lot: 267. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Gaza. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ (24mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Dated Epidemia 2 (AD 130/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche of Gaza standing left; at side, heifer standing left; Marnas symbol in right field. Yashin 303; SNG ANS 914. Good Fine, brown surfaces, some porosity.

From the Dr. Robert A. Kilmarx Collection.

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.