COIN OF BEIT SHEAN 189 CE * 1965 Israel State Medal w/ case * BRONZE 45mm SHE\'AN
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COIN OF BEIT SHEAN 189 CE * 1965 Israel State Medal w/ case * BRONZE 45mm SHE\'AN:
$5.99
STATE OF ISRAEL Bronze Medal
\" COIN OF BEIT SHEAN 189 CE \"
Beit She\'an, one of the oldest cities in the world, is mentioned quite often in the Bible. The Philistines displayed there the body of King Saul who had fallen upon his sword to avoid capture (Samuel 131:10). The city was subsequently recaptured by David. In the Hellenistic period it was one of the most important and most flourishing cities of the \"League of Ten Cities\". In 100 BC the city was conquered by Yahana Hyrcons, the Hasmonean. In the days of the Second Commonwealth and during the Mlshnaic and Talmudic period, the city was settled by Jews. The Arabs conquered Beit She\'an in 636 AD and destroyed it. Today Beit She\'an primarily serves the surrounding agricultural area as a regional center.
The medal\'s obverse shows a composition of the main historical features of Beit She\'an as the visitor sees them today: the Tel, the Roman theatre, the synagogue mosaic, a Doric column. The name of the city, appears in Hebrew above and in English, below.
The reverse depicts a replica of a city-coin minted in 189 AD, featuring Dionysius and, at his heel, his sacred panther. Around Dionysius, in Greek letters, \"Nyckie Acysmc\" and the year of issue \"189 CE\". On the rim the inscription \"Coin of Beit She\'an 3949\" in Hebrew, as well as the English translation and date 189 CE.
Notable is the error in transcribing the name Beit She\'an on the obverse, and Beit Shean on the reverse.
Grams:40
Serial Number, as marked:6414
Year Issued:1965
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COIN OF BEIT SHEAN 189 CE * 1965 Israel State Medal w/ case * BRONZE 45mm SHE\'AN:
$5.99