Samaria: Neapolis AE19,
$52.00
Feb-10-05
Seller henri.delger


        Samaria: Neapolis, Æ 19mm, 4.8 grams. KAP AVP KOMMODOC,
        laureate and cuirassed bust of Commodus, facing right. /
        FLA NEAPOLI statue of the Artemis Ephesia standing, with a
        head-dress of three plumes. Excellent state of
        preservation, scarce so nice, Rosenberger 26.

        The statue of Artemis Ephesia stood in the great temple
(one of the Seven Wonders of the World) that was built for          her. She was worshipped in a number of Greek towns and
        cities beyond Ephesus itself, like this one. Neapolis was
        founded by Vespasian in 72 A.D., as Flavia Neapolis, on the
        site of the Samaritan village Mabartha ("the passage"),
        located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, where Abraham
        offered sacrifice, and near the biblical Shechem.