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<p>[QUOTE="Factor, post: 7804283, member: 96413"]Well, its been a while since Eckhel's times <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Now we have much more comprehensive archaeological and numismatic evidence, and it has been proven beyond reasonable doubt that Gaba that struck these coins (Geva in Hebrew) was located a bit east of the mount Carmel, at Mishmar ha-'Emek. That's the region where the majority of Gaba coins are found, including in controlled excavations, and where Kindler placed it in his 1988 corpus. RPC now has very nice Maps functionality, please have a look.</p><p>Another nice Gaba coin from my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1340399[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><i>Gaba</i>. Trajan. </b>AD 98-117. Æ (23mm, 9.14 g, 12h). Dated CY 171 (AD 110/1). Laureate head right / Victory standing left, holding laurel branch and trophy; AOP (date) to right. RPC 3940; Rosenberger -; SNG ANS -; de Saulcy p. 341, 2. Near VF, sandy earthen green patina.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Factor, post: 7804283, member: 96413"]Well, its been a while since Eckhel's times ;). Now we have much more comprehensive archaeological and numismatic evidence, and it has been proven beyond reasonable doubt that Gaba that struck these coins (Geva in Hebrew) was located a bit east of the mount Carmel, at Mishmar ha-'Emek. That's the region where the majority of Gaba coins are found, including in controlled excavations, and where Kindler placed it in his 1988 corpus. RPC now has very nice Maps functionality, please have a look. Another nice Gaba coin from my collection: [ATTACH=full]1340399[/ATTACH] [B][I]Gaba[/I]. Trajan. [/B]AD 98-117. Æ (23mm, 9.14 g, 12h). Dated CY 171 (AD 110/1). Laureate head right / Victory standing left, holding laurel branch and trophy; AOP (date) to right. RPC 3940; Rosenberger -; SNG ANS -; de Saulcy p. 341, 2. Near VF, sandy earthen green patina.[/QUOTE]
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