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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 25556897, member: 128351&quot;]Coin of Neapolis (Today Nablus, in the Palestinian West Bank), minted under Philip the Arab (244-249).</p><p>The photo of the obverse is too blurred for reading the legend. The portrait is a radiate head of Philip the Arab.</p><p>Rev.: COL(onia) NEAPO(lis). The statue of Marsyas symbolizes the <i>jus Italicum</i> granted to the new Roman colony. That&#039;s because since Republican times new Roman citizens were made on the Forum near the statue of Marsyas. Above the eagle is a view of Mount Gerizim and his temple. It was the temple of the Samaritans, an alternative form of judaism. The temple has been razed since, replaced by a church in Byzantine times, which has been destroyed too. Today the Samaritans still celebrate their rites on Mount Gerizim. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1636774[/ATTACH]</p><p>Samaritan ceremony on Mount Gerizim, overlooking Nablus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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