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JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (27mm, 14.31 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Altar; behind, palm tree to left, olive tree to right. RPC IX online 2030; Kadman, Caesarea, 154; Rosenberger 129; Sofaer 122-3; SNG ANS 829-30. Fine, earthen green patina.
Kadman (p. 262) notes: "...it must be remembered that according to the myths of the Greeks, Apollo was born under a date-palm and an olive tree. His mother, Leto, who was known in Egypt and Palestine as Lat and in Italy as Latona, was regarded as the fertility goddess of the date-palm and the olive. We may, therefore, assume with virtual certainty, that this altar was consecrated to Apollo."
Kadman (p. 262) notes: "...it must be remembered that according to the myths of the Greeks, Apollo was born under a date-palm and an olive tree. His mother, Leto, who was known in Egypt and Palestine as Lat and in Italy as Latona, was regarded as the fertility goddess of the date-palm and the olive. We may, therefore, assume with virtual certainty, that this altar was consecrated to Apollo."