Flavia Neapolis was named in 72 AD by the Roman emperor Vespasian and applied to an older Samaritan village. Located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, the new city lay 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) west of the Biblical city of Shechem which was destroyed by the Romans that same year during the First Jewish-Roman War.
In 244 CE, Philip I transformed Flavius Neapolis into a Roman colony named Julia Neapolis. It retained this status until the rule of Trebonianus Gallus in 251 CE.
Neapolis, along with most of Palestine, was conquered by the Muslims under Khalid ibn al-Walid, a general of the Rashidun army of Umar ibn al-Khattab, in 636 after the Battle of Yarmouk. The city's name was retained in its Arabicized form, Nabulus. The town prevailed as an important trade center during the centuries of Islamic Arab rule under the Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid dynasties.
In 244 CE, Philip I transformed Flavius Neapolis into a Roman colony named Julia Neapolis. It retained this status until the rule of Trebonianus Gallus in 251 CE.
Neapolis, along with most of Palestine, was conquered by the Muslims under Khalid ibn al-Walid, a general of the Rashidun army of Umar ibn al-Khattab, in 636 after the Battle of Yarmouk. The city's name was retained in its Arabicized form, Nabulus. The town prevailed as an important trade center during the centuries of Islamic Arab rule under the Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid dynasties.
Modern location: Nablus, Israel
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Caracalla
An
AR
Tetradrachm
struck 215-217 AD
in
Flavia Neapolis
Obverse: Laureate head right; AVT KAI AN_TΩNINOC CE
Reverse: Eagle facing, head left, wreath in beak, altar below; ΔHMAPX EΞ VΠATOC T Δ
Diameter:
26.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 11.9 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 11.9 g
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obv.: Prieur 1702 / rev.: Prieur 1701
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Commodus
An
AE
Uncertain
struck 177-192 AD
in
Flavia Neapolis
Obverse: ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜΜοΔⲰ - laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Reverse: ΦΛ ΝƐΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑ - Ares (or warrior) standing, facing, head, r., wearing helmet and cuirass, holding spear, resting on shield
Diameter:
0 mm
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
No notes for this coin
RPC IV.3, 6354 (temporary)