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Syria, Trachonitis. Gaba. Antoninus Pius. A.D. 138-161. 25.3 mm, 11.30 g, 12 h). Dated CY 217 = A.D. 156/7. AVT KAIC ANTΩNEINOC CEBAC, laureate head right / ΓABHNΩN ZIC, the god Mên standing left, holding scepter; star and crescent above. SNG ANS 904; Rosenberger 15. F/VF.
The city of Gaba was founded by Herod the Great as a settlement for retired cavalrymen.