GABA, GALILEE, COMMODUS AE
Sofaer 33, Rosenberger 16, Very Fine+, contrast added, 24.5mm, 11.37 grams, Struck Circa. 186/187 C.E.
Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΜΟ∆ΟC around laureate head of Commodus to right
Reverse: Mên standing facing looking to left, holding spear and sword, star in upper left field, and crescent in right, ΓΑΒΗΝWΝ (of the people of Gaba) and date ΕΜC (yr. 245 = 186/7 C.E.) around
Perfectly centered and one of the nicest we have seen for this type! Gaba was in the Jezreel Valley area of the Galilee near present day Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek.
