mgcoins database![](images/AscalonGIC1093_12.31_obv4.png) ![](images/AscalonGIC1093_12.31_rev4.png) Judaea - Ascalon AD 111-112 AE AE24 12.31 g 2.35 cm 2.38 cm 12h
obverse: hd Trajanus r laureate CEBACTOC reverse: city-goddess stg l on prow, holding standard and aphlaston. Altar l, dove r ~ACKAΛΩ, EIC GIC 1093 Schulman auction 271 (Nov 1980) lot 2789 (18/22) vw 63, 19 euro
Marcus Ulpius Trajanus c 52 (Spain) 98-117
EIC = year 215 of the Era of Ascalon = AD 111/12 aphlaston:
The aphlaston, or aplustre, was a component of the ancient warship that was understood as an abstract form of a bird with multiple beaks facing inward from the stern.
(forumancientcoins.com)
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