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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24710013, member: 26430&quot;]I believe I can read the ethnic used for Neapolis in Samaria/Judaea.</p><p>Probably under Domitian (provincial portraits could be highly variable).</p><p>ΦΛΑΟΥΙ / ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙ / ΣΑΜΑΡΕ / (L ΕΙ?)</p><p>though I&#039;m not sure what the first line means -- I guess it&#039;s <i>Flavia</i> Neapolis&nbsp; Samaria (Date).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=neapolis+lines+wreath" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=neapolis+lines+wreath" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=neapolis+lines+wreath</a></p><p><br /></p><p>See especially: Volume: II №: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2223" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2223" rel="nofollow">2223</a> (or Volume: II №: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2218" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2218" rel="nofollow">2218</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one at Forum with very similar portrait: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=51342" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=51342" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=51342</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>As it happens, I have a Domitian with a very similar legend (but different date at the bottom/fourth line), this one from the R.J. Plant collection, this reverse having probably been the model for the type in his 1979 <i>Greek Coin Types</i> book (he &quot;fixed up&quot; the obverse line drawing to be clearer than any actual specimen of this type!):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1579222[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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