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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26112917, member: 87809&quot;]Trebonianus Gallus as Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coins doesn&#039;t seem to be offered at auctions very often. I think this one was previously sold by CNG EAuction 208, April 8, 2009, lot 312.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caesarea Maritima (“by the Sea”) was a city dedicated by Herod the Great in honor of Emperor Augustus. It was the capital of Roman Judaea, Syria Palaestina and Palaestina Prima, successively, for a period of ca. 650 years.</p><p>Emperor Vespasian raised its status to that of Colonia, with the name Colonia Prima Flavia Augusta Caesarea. </p><p>Quoted from <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Caesarea_Maritima" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Caesarea_Maritima" rel="nofollow">https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Caesarea_Maritima</a></p><p><br /></p><p>AE 25, 12.23 g, 7h</p><p>Samaria, Caesarea Maritima, 251 – 253 AD</p><p>RPC IX, 2115; SGI 4354; BMC Palestina, 207–10; Kadman II 213–4; Sofaer 165-166;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP C C VIB GALLVS P F AVG&nbsp; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus. Border of dots.</p><p>Rev.: COL P(R) F AVG F C CAES MET(R) (PR) S P(AL) two eagles addorsed, each head reverted and holding wreath in beak; between them, vexillum (inscribed?). Border of dots.</p><p>The reverse legend Col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix) C(oncordia) Caes(area) Metr(opolis) S(yriae) Pal(aestinae) translates to &quot;First Flavian Colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, Metropolis of the province of Syria Palestina.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1665629[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1665630[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your coins from Caesarea Maritima or anything you deem relevant<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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