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Ascalon, Philistia, Judaea, 105 - 106 A.D.
The Philistines conquered Canaanite Ashkelon about 1150 B.C. and it became one of the five Philistine cities that were constantly warring with the Israelites and the Kingdom of Judah. The last of the Philistine cities to hold out against Nebuchadnezzar, it finally fell in 604 B.C.; burned and destroyed, its people exiled, the Philistine era ended. Ashkelon was rebuilt, dominated by Persian culture. After the Alexander's conquest, Ashkelon was an important Hellenistic seaport. The Jews drove the Greeks out of the region during the Maccabean Revolt, which lasted from 167 to 160 B.C. In 63 B.C. the area was incorporated into the Roman Republic. Cleopatra VII used Ashkelon as her refuge when her brother and sister exiled her in 49 B.C. The city remained loyal to Rome during the First Jewish Revolt.JD111093. Bronze AE 14, RPC Online III 3974.9 (9 spec.); Sofaer 91; Rosenberger 60; Yashin 131; De Saulcy 54, BMC Palestine p. 113, 59, Choice VF, green patina, well centered, earthen deposits, Askalon (Ashqelon, Israel) mint, weight 2.638g, maximum diameter 14.3mm, die axis 0o, 105 - 106 A.D.; obverse draped bust of Tyche right, wearing turreted crown and veil, variant without ethnic; reverse war galley with oars, acrostolium, and apluster, ΘC (year 209) above; ex Amphora Coins (David Hendin) with his signed photo authenticity receipt; SOLD
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