The deity, within temple, on reverse of this Roman coin looks strange to me. I feel the coin is provincial but cannot identify the mint, deity nor even the Roman Emperor on the obverse. The coin weighs 11.45 g. Thanks for your assistance.
I believe the reverse shows a baetyl, not a diety. Like this: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2928038 or https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2574497
On photo and at hand, even with naked eyes, I can clearly detect the eyes and the nose of the goddess. Could it had been worshiped in Mesopotamia ?
Hmmm...I think it could be either be a weird Mesopotamian Tyche coin or a baetyl. It's hard to tell from your small photo. Sometimes a baetyl is shown draped with something above the stone which is easy to mistake for hair on a worn coin. (Personally I've always liked the Baetyls, especially John and George.)
The left field of reverse starts reading COL . It's in Latin not Greek. Could that help as a clue. More and more I tend now to the possibility of a Baetyl. But..but who would worship this in the Judean city of Medaba ?. I do appreciate your interest and assistance in this historical coin. I also wonder if the obverse depicts more Geta or Philip .
Many emperors had coins issued in Corinth (achaea) with the letters COL in left field of reverse. The deity in the temple is described as Tyche, Isthmus or “cult statue”. I’ll check on RPC online when I’m back from work.
Another possibility is Artemis Pergaia similar to this. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=148590
Congrats @ancientone . That's it. The deity is the Phoenician goddess of love "ASTARTE". The coin was struck in Berytus under Gordian III. Notice the letters BE under the left pair of columns, and the letter R under the right columns. BMC 238.
