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251, Lot: 294. Estimate $150.
Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Neapolis. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ (25mm, 10.09 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Poseidon standing right, right foot on prow, holding dolphin and trident; to right, boar standing left before aquila; between, star below Mt. Gerizim surmounted by temple complex. Harl -; Rosenberger 120 (same dies); SNG ANS -. Near VF, pale sandy green patina. Rare.


The modern day city of Nablus in the northern West Bank, Neapolis was located in a strategic position between Mts. Ebal and Gerizim, the latter of which figured prominently on its coinage. This mountain, sacred to the Samaritans, was believed to have been the location chosen by Yahweh for a holy temple rather than the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, some 40 miles south.