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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24608651, member: 26430&quot;]Great coin! That&#039;s a very nice depiction of Mt. Gerizim! Lucky you getting a signed copy of <i>100 Greatest Ancient Coins</i> on your visit. I&#039;m a couple hours away, but still haven&#039;t been in. I&#039;ve been hoping to add that volume to my collection of signed ancient coin books... (I have the older edition.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin from Samaria, Neapolis struck under Domitian. </p><p><br /></p><p>It came from the collection of Richard J. Plant (1928-2020) [ex Naville 64, 235], and was probably the model (at least the rev.) for a drawing in his 1979 book <i>Greek Coin Types and Their Identification</i>, No. 1881 on p. 262. </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse drawing is highly idealized (they&#039;re never so well-centered with complete legends!) but the reverse is very close in many details and flaws.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563800[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Roman Judaea, Samaria, Neapolis, Domitian</b> AE20 (Assarion or Dupondius?) (20mm, 7.11g, 6h), dated Year 11 (L-AI), 82-83 CE.</p><p><b>Obv</b>: ΑΥΤΟΚ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ. Laureate head r.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: ΦΛΑ-ΟΥΙ ΝΕΑ-ΠΟΛΙ ΣΑ-ΜΑ L – ΑΙ. Palm tree.</p><p><b>Ref</b>: RPC 2220; BMC 9-15; Rosenberger 4-5; Plant (1979) 1881 (this coin illustrated?).</p><p><b>Prov</b>: Ex Collection of Rev. Richard J Plant (1928-2020); Naville 64 (20 Mar 2021), 235</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At one time I also had the following Elagabalus (?) AE from Neapolis depicting Mt. Gerizim. I post it mainly because it also came from HJB-once-removed. The Champaign, IL ancient coin dealer Gary Dayton (now deceased) reportedly purchased his entire starting inventory from Berk (and Curtis Clay), incl. this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563799[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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