. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . e and well-built town, containing apopulation of from 12,000 to 14,000 souls, almostentirely Mohammedans; the Samaritans having beenreduced to something under 200 of all ages an] bothsexes. (Raumer, Palastina, pp. 144—148, notes;Robinson, Bib. Res. vol. iii. pp. 95—136.) The coins of Neapolis are very frequent under theemperors from Titus to Volnsianus. The commoninscription is *A. N6ACnOAecoC, more rarely4>AAOT, as in the one below, in which is also added;as in many examples, the name of the region, feemore usual emblem on the reverse is a temple
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . e and well-built town, containing apopulation of from 12,000 to 14,000 souls, almostentirely Mohammedans; the Samaritans having beenreduced to something under 200 of all ages an] bothsexes. (Raumer, Palastina, pp. 144—148, notes;Robinson, Bib. Res. vol. iii. pp. 95—136.) The coins of Neapolis are very frequent under theemperors from Titus to Volnsianus. The commoninscription is *A. N6ACnOAecoC, more rarely4>AAOT, as in the one below, in which is also added;as in many examples, the name of the region, feemore usual emblem on the reverse is a temple situatedon the summit of a mountain, to which is an ascentby many steps. The temple is doubtless that men-tioned by Damasius as Albs t^iarov ayiuTarovhphv (op. Phot. Bibl. p. 1055), the steps thosealluded toby the Bordeaux Pilgrim in A. D. 333: — Ascenduntur usque ad suminum montem gradusnumero ccc. On the coins of Titus, however,before the Mount Gerizim was introduced, a palm, asin the example below, was the type; or a laurel, with. COIN OF NEArOLIS IN PALESTINE. NEAPOLIS. the name of the city written among its branches.(Eckhel, vol. iii. pp. 433—135: see Geiuzim, Vol. 992. a.) [G. W.] 2. A town of Colchis, south of Dioscurias, andnorth of Phasis, on the river Chobos or Chorsos.(Scyl. p. 27; Ptol. v. 10. § 2.) 3. A town on the coast of Ionia, south of Ephesus,on the road between Anaea and Maratbesium. Itwas a small place which at first belonged to theEphesians, and afterwards to the Samians, whoreceived it in exchange fur Marathesium. ( p. 639.) Host writers identify its site with themodern Scala Nova, at a distance of about threehours walk from the site of ancient Ephesus ; butCol. Leake (Asia Minor, p. 261) believes that thisplace marks the site of the ancient Marathesium, andthat the ancient remains found about halfwaybetween Scala Xova and Tshangli. belong to theancient town of Neapolk. (Comp. Tournefort, Let-ters, xx. p. 402; Fellows, Journal of a
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