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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2411492, member: 42773"]Rabbath-Moba was built on the site of the Biblical town Ir-Moab. It was located East of the Dead Sea, and inhabited during Roman times by the Nabataeans. Today's entry in the category of Far-Less-Than-Run-Of-The-Mill-Provincials is this medium-sized bronze of Septimius Severus, Ares standing reverse. (Rabbath-Moba would later be known as Areopolis, and today, er-Rabba, Jordan. It has not been excavated - who knows what interesting things it might someday reveal about the intersection of ancient Roman and Arabian cultures!) At any rate, there was a brief run of Roman Provincial coinage at Rabbath-Moba during the Severan Dynasty: Severus, Domna, Caracalla, Geta, Elagabalus. All the coins are really tough to find in any condition at all. This one grades F, but it's an excellent example of a rare issue... [ATTACH=full]498488[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus, AD 193-211AE28, 13.4g, 6h; Rabbath-Moba mint, CY 105 = AD 210/11.Obv.: AVT K L CEOVHΡOC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, seen from behind. Rev.: ΡABBAΘMΩBΩN ΘEOC AΡHC; Ares standing facing on high base with pilasters, between two flaming altars, holding dagger and shield with spear.Date P-E across fields.Reference: Spijkerman 5.[/QUOTE]