Bronze coin of Caesarea Maritima with a bust of the empress Faustina on the obverse, and the emperor holding a cornucopia and sacrificing on the reverse.
Yashin (2007, 61, no.238) published an example of this same obv/rev combination dated to 197/198 CE.
Selected Bibliography
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pg.103 no.176).
Yashin, C. 2007. From Ascalon to Raphia: city-coins of the Southern Palestinian Coast. Jerusalem. (pp.61, no.238)
1. Other examples with this obv/rev combination perhaps dated to 157/158 (Yashin 2007, 69, no.228), 158/159 CE (BMC Palestine 135, no.226), and 159/160 CE (BMC Palestine 135, no.227; RPC temp no.6395).
2. Despite the use of Greek, Faustina is given the title "Augusta" rather than the more typical "Sebasta"
3. This reverse type is nearly identical to that used on later coins of Julia Domna (ASC0106)
Selected Bibliography
Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/); [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6394/]
BMC Palestine=Hill, G.F. 1914. Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Palestine. London. (pp.135, nos.226-227)
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pg.103 no.169).
Yashin, C. 2007. From Ascalon to Raphia: city-coins of the Southern Palestinian Coast. Jerusalem. (pp.59, no.228)
Meshorer et al (2013:202, no.13) publish a similar example in a smaller denomination, 4.70g.
Selected Bibliography
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.268-269, no.20-21).
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Chandon de Briailles 1575
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pp.202, nos.11-12)
Cuirassed deity in military gear, holding sword in one hand, and a round shield and spear in the other, standing on a square basis decorated with pillars, flanked by two flaming altars
Obverse Legends
IOVΛΙΑ CEBA (Julia Sebaste)
or
IOVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑC (Julia Domna Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
PABBAΘ ΜWBA (Rabbathmoba)
PΔ (date=104) or PE (date=105)
Type Notes
Different issues of this reverse type with Julia Domna on the obverse vary in the number of pilasters attached to the altar
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.268-269, nos.18-19)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Y 28652.8
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pp.202, no.9-10)
Obverse: Obverse and reverse legends differ on various issues; on some, Julia Domna is given the title CEB (Sebasta). Other reverse legends shorten the titles of the city to ΠΕΤΡΑ ΜΗΤ (Petra Metropolis).
Reverse: The treatment of the pediment on the reverse changes slightly in different issues.
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pp.193, nos.35-39)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.228-231, nos.37-40).
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6584 (temporary #) [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6584/]
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pp.189, nos.4-5)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.212-213, no.5)
Tyche, standing draped and wearing a turreted crown, facing right, holding a scepter and cornucopia, and resting one foot on the figure of a river god.
Obverse Legends
IOVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CE (Julia Domna Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
NVC CKV IEP ACV (Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred and inviolable); ΘEC (date=279)
Spijkerman (1978, 196-197, no.29) publishes a second, similar coin, with an obverse legend of NVCKV, but likewise dated 219; weight=7.04g, and diameter=17mm
Selected Bibliography
American Numismatic Society 1944.100.69165
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.196-197, nos.28-29).
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pg.32, no.184).
Two draped figures (Demeter and Kore-Persephone?) standing and facing one another, both placing a hand on a central torch; figure at left holds ears of grain.
Obverse Legends
IOYΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑC (Julia Domna Sebaste)
Reverse Legends
NYC CKVΘ IEP ACY (Nysa-Scythopolis, sacred and inviolable)
Type Notes
Spijkerman (1978:196-197, no.27) identifies the reverse figures as Athena and Demeter.
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society.
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press.