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JUDAEA, Caesarea Panias. Elagabalus. 218-222 CE. Æ (30mm, 18.56 g, 12h). Dated CY 221 (218 CE). AVT K M ANTωNINOC C, radiate and cuirassed bust right; gorgoneion on breastplate / KAIC ΠAN CЄ AC(VP) CKA, Pan's Grotto: Pan standing facing, leaning against tree trunk, playing syrinx; all within arched rocky structure; below, altar with fence to either side. Meshorer, Caesarea 35 corr. (rev. legend; same dies); Rosenberger 40; SNG ANS –; Sofaer – (but cf. 31 for same obv. die). Brown patina. Good VF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 28 March 1995. Ex Shraga Qedar; Classical Numismatic Group XXXII (7 December 1994), lot 275.
The springs of Panias (Banias), the source of the Jordan river, have been a sacred site since earliest antiquity. By the Hellenistic period the Greek god Pan became the titular deity of the springs and under the Herodian kings the city was embellished with numerous temples and shrines to the gods and the Roman emperors, with the grotto as the focal point. This coin shows a remarkably fine representation of the central shrine and statue to Pan.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 28 March 1995. Ex Shraga Qedar; Classical Numismatic Group XXXII (7 December 1994), lot 275.
The springs of Panias (Banias), the source of the Jordan river, have been a sacred site since earliest antiquity. By the Hellenistic period the Greek god Pan became the titular deity of the springs and under the Herodian kings the city was embellished with numerous temples and shrines to the gods and the Roman emperors, with the grotto as the focal point. This coin shows a remarkably fine representation of the central shrine and statue to Pan.