Yet another temple on reverse of a coin struck under Elagabalus. Obverse has the Roman Emperor head right. The temple on reverse is very unusual to me. The coin was minted in ABILA , one of the rarest 10 cities ( Decapolis) which Jesus advised his apostles to take refuge in times of great persecutions. I found no reference, so far. The coin weighs 10.1 g. Dimension: 22 mm. Please post a comment, if you have.
You seem to have found a great source for these interesting architectural provincial coins! How fortunate .
Cool provincial @7Calbrey! This is the closest match I could find on the net. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1477820 SYRIA, Decapolis. Abila . Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (23mm, 10.28 g, 11h). Dated CY 282 (AD 218/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hexastyle temple with flanking towers; BΠ-ς (date) above. Spijkerman 24; Rosenberger 22; SNG ANS -. VF, green desert patina. I'm curious as to where you found info that Abila is one of the 10 rarest cities?
Thank you. Your dear valuable comments are useful and encouraging. I shall keep looking for similar rare, historical or architectural designs. @ancientone. I once posted a coin that happened to have been minted in Abila of the Decapolis. A coin-friend intervened and said that coins of Abila are mostly searched by collectors of coins minted in that city. He added that they are expensive at any condition, since the ad-hoc collectors lack them in addition to another city. It could be Antiochia ad Hippum.
What a coincidence! I took it out of my mailbox literally half an hour ago! Mine I think is Spijkerman 23.
This is the only coin of Abila in my numophylacium Faustinae: Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 15 mm, 1.62 g, 6 h. Decapolis, Abila, AD 162/3 (year 226 of the Pompeian era). Obv: ΦΑYϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ϹЄΛЄYΚ ΑΒΙΛΑ ϚΚϹ, bunch of grapes. Refs: RPC IV.3 6509 (temporary); Spijkerman 6; Rosenberger 5a; Sofaer 8.