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JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (26mm, 18.16 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Altar before date palm and olive tree. Kadman 154; Sofaer 123; RPC IX 2051. Fine, brown surfaces, roughness.
From the François Righetti Collection.
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."
From the François Righetti Collection.
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."