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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carl Wilmont, post: 3640317, member: 75496&quot;]Here&#039;s a type not shown yet- a coin minted by Herod Philip with Caesar Augustus on the obverse and an Augusteum (located in the region of Panias, later known as Caesarea Philippi) on the reverse.&nbsp; Panias was within the tetrarchy that Philip was given when his father, Herod the Great, died in 4 BC.&nbsp; Herod the Great received the territory from Caesar Augustus in 20 BC.&nbsp;&nbsp; In honor of a visit by Augustus, Herod the Great built and dedicated three temples (Augusteums) to him - the one depicted on this coin, another in Caesarea Maritima, and a third at Samaria-Sebaste.&nbsp; Caesarea Philippi was the first of Herod Philip&#039;s two capitals.&nbsp; His second capital was Bethsaida Julias (renamed &quot;Julias&quot; by Philip in honor of Augustus&#039; wife, Livia Drusilla, later known as Julia Augusta).</p><p><br /></p><p>Caesarea Philippi, known as Banias today, is in a lush area in northern Israel that I enjoyed visiting earlier this summer.&nbsp; Flowing from this location at the base of Mt Hermon is a large spring that feeds the Jordan River.&nbsp; Caesarea Philippi was a center of pagan worship in ancient times (Panias and Banias are names derived from the Greek god Pan).&nbsp; The city is mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark.</p><p><font size="3">&nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]977082[/ATTACH]</p><p>Judaea, Herod IV Philip, with Augustus, Æ20. Caesarea Philippi (Panias), dated RY 12 of Herod Philip (8/9 CE). Augustus laureate head right; countermark: star(?) / Tetrastyle temple (the Augusteum of Panias); L I B (date) between columns. Meshorer 97; Hendin 1221; RPC I 4940. 8.88g, 20mm, 12h.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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