Aulus Gabinus (Proconsul), Marisa mint, Syria. AE17, 4.2g.  

obv: Helmeted head of Athena (?) right
rev: Serpent entwined in palm branch
GA / MA in right field.

RPC Supp. I, pp 46-47; Rosenberger II, 30 (attr. to Gaza); Hendin 874a

Notes: rare mint, from David Hendin inventory.
Qedar in "The Coins of Marisa, a new mint" identifies the
helmeted head on the obverse as a portrait of Gabinus. 
Burnett suggests that it is Athena which seems the more
likely explanation as good examples of this coin shows
the head having long curly hair, wears a necklace and 
possibly also earrings.

Contributed by Mark Dunning, Feb. 2010.