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Ya’akov Meshorer, City Coins of Eretz-Israel and the Decapolis in the Roman Period
This coin—shown with the obverse and reverse side by side—portrays Phaneµ balos/Tanit herself. On the reverse side, Tanit raises her right arm brandishing a sword and holds a shield and a palm branch on her left arm. The obverse side features a profile of Elagabalus, Roman emperor from 218 to 222 A.D.