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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 3232087, member: 42773"]Here's a coin I bought from Mat, an issue of Claudius from the Syrian city of Gadara...</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Gadara was a center of Greek culture situated southeast of the Sea of Galilee. Its ruins are located near the modern city of </font><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Qais" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Qais" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Umm Qais</font></a><font size="4"> in Jordan. The city passed in and out of Seleucid and Ptolemaic control during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, until it was captured by Alexander Jannaeus in the 1st. But it wasn't long before Pompey placed the region under Roman control (63 BC), fortified Gadara as a bulwark against Nabataean expansion, and made it one of the semi-autonomous cities of the Decapolis.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]844227[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Claudius. AD 41-54.</p><p>Æ18, 4.6g, 12h. SYRIA, Decapolis, <i>Gadara</i>.</p><p><i>Obv</i>.: CEBACTOC; Laureate head of Claudius right.</p><p><i>Rev</i>.: ΓΑΔΑΡΑ; Veiled and turreted head of Tyche right.</p><p><i>Reference</i>: RPC I 4816; Rosenberger 21 ; Cf. SNG ANS 1294-6; Spijkerman 16. </p><p><i>Ex-Mat</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>It has made a nice companion piece to my only other coin from Gadara (not from a CT member)...</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">According to Josephus, Gadara was laid to waste during the Jewish Revolt of AD 66. "So Vespasian marched to the city of Gadara. He came into it and slew all the youth, the Romans having no mercy on any age whatsoever. He set fire to the city and all the villas around it.” [Josephus, <i>Wars of the Jews</i>, Book 7.] By the 2nd century, the city had recovered and flourished, boasting baths, theaters, a hippodrome, colonnaded streets, and an impressive aqueduct.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">This coin features Faustina II, empress and wife of Marcus Aurelius. The depiction of Zeus is not generic – this is Zeus Ammon, the syncretic amalgam of Greek and Egyptian head deities. He was the patron god and protector of the Roman military garrisoned in Judaea, </font><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_VI_Ferrata" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_VI_Ferrata" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Legio VI Feratta</font></a><font size="4">.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]844228[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>SYRIA, Decapolis, <i>Gadara.</i></p><p>Faustina II Augusta, AD 147-175.</p><p>Æ20, 7.9g, 12h. Dated CY 225, AD 161/2.</p><p><i>Obv</i>.: ΦAVCTINA CЄBACTH; Draped bust right.</p><p><i>Rev</i>.: ΓAΔAPЄΩN ЄKC (date); Laureate, draped bust of Zeus right.</p><p><i>Reference</i>: Spijkerman 49 (same dies); Rosenberger IV 51 (same dies); SNG ANS 1312-3 (same dies).</p><p><i>Note:</i> The Greek numerals giving the date on this coin are weak, but the die matches confirm ЄKC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 3232087, member: 42773"]Here's a coin I bought from Mat, an issue of Claudius from the Syrian city of Gadara... [SIZE=4]Gadara was a center of Greek culture situated southeast of the Sea of Galilee. Its ruins are located near the modern city of [/SIZE][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Qais'][SIZE=4]Umm Qais[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4] in Jordan. The city passed in and out of Seleucid and Ptolemaic control during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, until it was captured by Alexander Jannaeus in the 1st. But it wasn't long before Pompey placed the region under Roman control (63 BC), fortified Gadara as a bulwark against Nabataean expansion, and made it one of the semi-autonomous cities of the Decapolis.[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]844227[/ATTACH] Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ18, 4.6g, 12h. SYRIA, Decapolis, [I]Gadara[/I]. [I]Obv[/I].: CEBACTOC; Laureate head of Claudius right. [I]Rev[/I].: ΓΑΔΑΡΑ; Veiled and turreted head of Tyche right. [I]Reference[/I]: RPC I 4816; Rosenberger 21 ; Cf. SNG ANS 1294-6; Spijkerman 16. [I]Ex-Mat [/I] It has made a nice companion piece to my only other coin from Gadara (not from a CT member)... [SIZE=4]According to Josephus, Gadara was laid to waste during the Jewish Revolt of AD 66. "So Vespasian marched to the city of Gadara. He came into it and slew all the youth, the Romans having no mercy on any age whatsoever. He set fire to the city and all the villas around it.” [Josephus, [I]Wars of the Jews[/I], Book 7.] By the 2nd century, the city had recovered and flourished, boasting baths, theaters, a hippodrome, colonnaded streets, and an impressive aqueduct. This coin features Faustina II, empress and wife of Marcus Aurelius. The depiction of Zeus is not generic – this is Zeus Ammon, the syncretic amalgam of Greek and Egyptian head deities. He was the patron god and protector of the Roman military garrisoned in Judaea, [/SIZE][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_VI_Ferrata'][SIZE=4]Legio VI Feratta[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4].[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]844228[/ATTACH] SYRIA, Decapolis, [I]Gadara.[/I] Faustina II Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ20, 7.9g, 12h. Dated CY 225, AD 161/2. [I]Obv[/I].: ΦAVCTINA CЄBACTH; Draped bust right. [I]Rev[/I].: ΓAΔAPЄΩN ЄKC (date); Laureate, draped bust of Zeus right. [I]Reference[/I]: Spijkerman 49 (same dies); Rosenberger IV 51 (same dies); SNG ANS 1312-3 (same dies). [I]Note:[/I] The Greek numerals giving the date on this coin are weak, but the die matches confirm ЄKC.[/QUOTE]
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