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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2487263, member: 75937&quot;]It doesn&#039;t appear on many maps. The British Museum has this to say about the city:</p><p><br /></p><p>City believed to be in the tetrarchy of Trachonitis ruled over by Herod Philip II (4BC-AD34). After the death of Herod Philip II, the area was annexed to the Roman province of Syria. The site which produced coins in the Imperial period could be Gaba (modern Jaba&#039;) or Gaba Philippi (modern Tell Shosh/Tell Abu Shusha). Barrington ref: p69, B4</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?scopeType=Places&amp;scopeId=85931" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?scopeType=Places&amp;scopeId=85931" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?scopeType=Places&amp;scopeId=85931</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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