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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Judea & Palestina| > GB90137
Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Gaza, Judaea, Syria Palaestina
|Roman| |Judea| |&| |Palestina|, |Antoninus| |Pius,| |August| |138| |-| |7| |March| |161| |A.D.,| |Gaza,| |Judaea,| |Syria| |Palaestina|, Roman rule brought six centuries of relative peace and prosperity to Gaza - which became a busy port and locus of trade between the Middle East and Africa. During his visit in 130 A.D., Emperor Hadrian, who favored Gaza, personally inaugurated wrestling, boxing and oratorical competitions in Gaza's new stadium, which soon became known from Alexandria to Damascus. The city was adorned with many pagan temples - the main cult being that of Marnas. Other temples were dedicated to Zeus, Helios, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena and the local deity Tyche.
GB90137. Bronze AE 16, Sofaer 103 (same obv die, date-ethnic reversed)/104 (same rev die, diff obv leg); Rosenberger II 78/79 (same); RPC Online III 4128, VF, both sides sightly off-center, Gaza mint, weight 4.174g, maximum diameter 16.2mm, die axis 0o, Aug 141 - 7 Mar 142 A.D.; obverse CEBAC - ANTWNEI-NO-C, laureate head right; reverse ΓAZA - BC (year 202), Herakles standing facing, nude, club downward in right, Nemean lion skin in left, Phoenician letter mem (for Marnas) lower left; ex Coin Galleries mail bid sale 6 Nov 1996, lot 281; rare; SOLD




  






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