RARE BIBLICAL CITY COIN, RABATH-MOBA...Geta  

DIAMETER: 28 MM   

WEIGHT: 12.80 GM  

 

Obverse(AUT•K•P-EP•GETAC), Reverse (PABAQ-MUBA)

SYRIA, Decapolis. Rabbathmoba. Geta. AD 209-211. Æ 28mm Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing right, foot on river-god, holding scepter and globular object. Spijkerman 33 (same obv. die as illustrated coin); SNG ANS 

AR [SMITH]

(a city), or Ar of Moab, one of the chief places of Moab. (Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1) In later times the place known as Areopolis and Rabbath-Moab. The site still called Rabba . It lies about halfway between Kerak and the Wady Mojeb , 10 or 11 miles from each, the Roman road passing through it.