★ Scarce ★

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria, Gabala: Trajan (98-117), AE 17. 4.41g, 17mm.
Obv: AYT NЄP KAIC TPAIA CEB ΓEΡM. laureate head of Trajan right
Rev: ΓABAΛON, eagle standing facing, head left, wings open.
BMC 6.
A scarce and difficult issue.

Settlement at Gabala (now Jableh in Syria) dates back to at least the 3rd millenium BCE, and it rose to prominence in the Hellenistic and Roman eras.