Gaba or Gabaa: a city at the foot of Mount Carmel, between Ptolemais and Caesarea, founded by Herod the Great as a settlement for retired cavalrymen. Modern day el Harithiye or Tell el-Amir.
SNG ANS 900 | Hadrian AE26mm of Gaba, Palestine. Dated year 177 = 116/7 CE. AVT KAICAΡ AΔΡIANOC CEB, laureate head right / KΛAYΔI ΓABHNΩN, date ZOP to right, Nike walking left, holding wreath & trophy. Rosenberger 9 | Text | Image |
SNG ANS 903 | Hadrian and Sabina, AE26 of Gaba, Palestine, 15.0g. A[Y KA] TΡ AΔΡIANOC C, laureate draped cuirassed bust of Hadrian right / CABEINA CEBA ΓABH, draped bust of Sabina right. Mionnet V, 32; Moustier 1311; SNG ANS 6, 903. | Text | Image |
SGI 1316 | Sabina AE18 of Gaba, Palestine. CABEINA CEBAC, diademed draped bust right / KΛAY ΓABHNωN, the god Mên standing facing, holding sceptre. Rosenberger 13. | Text | Image |
Mionnet 30 | Plotina, AE18 of Gaba, Palestine. Dated 171 AD.ΠΛΩTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / KΛAY ΦI ΓABHNΩN, Male figure (Mên?) standing left, holding spear, left hand on hip. Date AOP in lower right field. Mionnet 5, 30. | Text | Image |
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RPC online 8592 | Antoninus Pius AE29 of Gaba, Palestine. AD 138-161. 18.42 g. Dated local year 217 (AD 156). AYT KAIC ANTωNINOC CEB EYC, laureate head right / ΓABHNωN ZIC, Tetrastyle temple with rounded pediment with statue of Tyche, kalathos on head, standing left within, holding sceptre and cornucopiae; to right, Nike standing right on column, crowning Tyche. BMC 1931-6-3-25; RPC Online 8592. | Text | Image |
SNG ANS 904 | Antoninus Pius AE 25mm of Gaba, Palestine. Dated CY 217 (156/7 CE). AVT KAIC ANTΩNEINOC CEBAC, laureate head right / ΓABANωN ZIC, the god Mên standing left, holding sceptre; star & crescent above, date to right. Hendin -. | Text | Image |
Rosenberger 16 | Commodus AE22 of Gaba, Palestine. Dated Year 245 (184-185 A.D.). Laureate head right / the god Men standing left. | Text | Obv-Rev |