Judaea, Gaba
Hadrian. 117-138 CE
Dated CY 177 (117/18 CE)
Æ 24mm, 9.75g, 12h
Laureate head right /
Nike advancing left, holding wreath and trophy; ZOP (date) to right.
Kindler, Geva 22; RPC III 3946; Rosenberger 9; Sofaer 21
Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (25 March 1992)
Gaba was located at the modern day Tell Abu Shusha, and many artifacts and ruins – including the remains of an aqueduct – have been found in its excavation. The city was mentioned in Josephus as Gaba Philippi and was populated from at least the Bronze Age. It minted rare coinage during Roman times.