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Zev Radovan

FROM THE TIBERIAS MINT. The coin shown depicts a bust of the emperor Hadrian, with a Roman boat and the word “Tiberias” on the reverse and dates from about 120 C.E. By the second century, the coins of the Galilee looked like coins from anywhere else in the Roman empire, but during the time of Jesus they were designed not to offend Jewish sensibilities.