Caesarea Maritima, Samaria

Besides having the coolest name for a city, it also has some interesting coin types.

Samaria, Caesarea Maritima. Volusian.A.D. 251-253. AE22. IMP C C VOLVSSINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. COL P F AVG F C CAES METR P R S PAL,emperor on horseback galloping right, holding spear. Kadman 228; Rosenberger 187.

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You're barking up one of my favorite trees! I love the "East meets West" quality of so many Levantine types. Here is Marcus Aurelius, who was the quintessential Roman stoic (read his Meditations), paired with all the mystery, myth, and intrigue of ancient Egypt personified by Serapis...



Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180
Æ27, 12.6g, 12h; Samaria, Caesarea Maritima.
Obv.: AVRELIO CAES ANTON AVG P F; Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: COL PRIMA FL AVG CAESAREA; Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus.
Reference: RPC IV online 6317; SNG Copenhagen 7; BMC 79-82.

 

Definitely a cool name. I've also always like its previous ones... Demetrias-by-the-Sea and Strato's Tower.


TRAJAN DECIUS
AE28. 19.77g, 27.8mm. SAMARIA, Caesarea Maritima, circa AD 249-251. Kadman 154; Rosenberger 129. O: IMP C C MES Q TRA DECI[VS AVG], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: COL PR F AVG F C [CA]ES METR P, Altar of Apollo, with horns; behind, palm tree with dates on left, olive tree on right.
Ex NAC 59 (4 April 2011), 1420

Notes courtesy of CNG : Kadman (p. 262) notes: "...it must be remembered that according to the myths of the Greeks, Apollo was born under a date-palm and an olive tree. His mother, Leto, who was known in Egypt and Palestine as Lat and in Italy as Latona, was regarded as the fertility goddess of the date-palm and the olive. We may, therefore, assume with virtual certainty, that this altar was consecrated to Apollo."

The other city name I like a lot is Sillyum... it's just so silly and yummy .

 

Heh! I must buy a coin from Sillyum now

 

AE 23 of Domitian from AD 83

 

I have an internet friend who lives in CM and he says it's one of the best places in the world for metal detectorists and other treasure hunters.

 

Well, they have a Pan type, but this one with a wizardly-looking Mên is the one I regret not managing to win.

 

My favorite emperor and one of my favotite books.

I am sure you have seen mine but here it is again.

 

Another just down the road a bit.
Neapolis, Samaria.

 

NERO
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERM, laureate head of Nero right.
REVERSE: DIVOS CLAVD AVGVST GERMANIC PATER AVG, Claudius' laureate head right
Struck at Caesarea, Cappodocia, 63/4AD
3.6g, 17mm
RIC 621, RSC 3, RPC 3648

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: AY Λ CЄΠ CЄOYHPOC, laureate head right
REVERSE: MHTPOΠO KAICAPIAC, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star, ETЄ in ex
Struck at Cappadocia, Caesarea, Year 5=A.D. 196/7
2.58 g, 17mm
Sydenham 395

GORDIAN III
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: AY K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: MHTPO KAIC B N, Mt. Argaeus, ETΔ in ex
Struck at Cappadocia, Caesarea, Year 4=A.D. 240-241
2.96g, 18.6mm
Sydenham 603d

 

That is correct sir!

 

Love these reverses! The galloping emperor is very cool.

My kind of eagle!

 

Yea, It's not the best example but still cool. Not many eagles can lift a mountain.

Eagle standing facing, supporting on wings Mt. Gerazim surmounted by temple and altar; stairway leading to temple, colonnade at base of mountain, star and crescent to right and left of temple.

 

Another eagle from CM doing some heavy lifting.


Samaria, Caesarea Maritima. Trajan Decius AE24.
Obv: IMP C C M Q TRA DECIVS AVG,radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: COL P F AVG FC CAES MET P S P, eagle standing right, head left, supporting wreath with head of Tyche in center .
Kadman 129

 

Cool coin, ancientone!
I have a somewhat cool entombed Samaria, Caesarea. Unfortunately it has an artificial patina on it which is not so cool