Canatha (modern day Qanawat), south of Damascus, has extensive ancient ruins, including a Roman bridge, a rock-hewn theatre, a nymphaeum, an aqueduct and two temples.
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| RPC 4838 Spij. 3 | Claudius, AE of Canatha, Decapolis of Syria. AD 49-50 AD. Dated local year 112. No legend, laureate head of Claudius left, star before, acrostolium behind / KANATHNΩN BI&Rho, veiled and turreted head of Tyche left. RPC 4838; Spijkerman 3. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2092 | Domitian AE13 of Canatha, Syria. AD 93-94. ΔOMITI KAICAΡ, laureate head left / KANATA ZNP, turreted bust Tyche left. Rosenberger 3, Spijkerman 4. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Spij. 6 | Commodus AE 22 of Canatha, Syria. AD 177-192. 7.2 g. AYT K M ANTO KOM, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder. / ΓABIN KANAΘ, diademed and draped bust of Zeus right. Spijkerman 6; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 4; Paris 251-252; de Saulcy 2; RPC IV.3 temp 6544. | Text | Image |
| Spij. 7 | Commodus, AE26 of Canatha, Syrian Decapolis. Year 253 (190 AD.) AVT K M ANTO KOM, laureate head right / ΓABIN KANAΘA,ΓNC (date), Dionysos, loins draped, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot. Rosenberger 5, Spijkerman 7; Meshorer 209; SNG ANS 1265-6; Hendin 842. | Text | Image |
| Spij. 8 | Commodus AE 14.3 of of Canatha in the Syrian Decapolis. Laureate bust right / bust of Athena right wearing crested helmet. Spijkerman 8. | Text | Image |
| Spijkerman 11 | Commodus, AE18 of Canatha, Syria. AD 177-192. 3.35 g. AV KOM ANT, laureate head right. / KANAΘ, bull standing right. Spijkerman 11; Sofaer 10; Rosenberger 10. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Entry for Canatha on Coin Archives. | ||
