A New Countermark on the Coins of Ascalon

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Alexander Kaplun
Yehuda Goldgur

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We present evidence that a previously unpublished countermark showing a standing female figure can be attributed to the city of Askalon. We suggest an identification of the figure as Derketo, a local deity that appears on the coins of Askalon in the second and third centuries CE.





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