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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4404704, member: 97383&quot;]philologus 1, Thanks for posting your fascinating &amp; controversial coin. I can understand why McAlee lists the coin as an Antioch product; by style alone it looks like the work of Antioch. Of course there is that outside chance it could be the product of Tyre or Caesarea Maritima. Herod the Great handed over all of Judea to the Romans around 30 BC, &amp; renamed the important seaport Caesarea Maritima in honor of Augustus Caesar. It quickly became a Roman city instead of a Jewish one. In fact the Romans called Caesarea Maritima the capital of Jerusalem. No doubt bronze Judaea Capta coinage was minted in Caesarea Maritima, &amp; the comparison illustrated by McAlee on page 173 of his book between the bronze &amp; silver coin is worthy of attention. There is also the possibility that one city mint like Antioch could have supplied mint workers to Tyre &amp; Caesarea Maritima, accounting for the similarity of these coins. It&#039;s too bad we can&#039;t step into a <b>Time Machine</b> &amp; travel back to AD 70 &amp; see for ourselves <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.... BTW, your photo is excellent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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