Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Sebaste, Samaria, Judaea
RP116987. Bronze AE 14, RPC II 2229; BMC Palestine p. 78, 6; Rosenberger III, p. 55, 10; Sofaer 11, VF, brown patina, earthen deposits, 2.633g, 13.7mm, 0o, Sebaste (Sebastia, Israel) mint, IMP DOMIT CAESAR (Latin: Imperator Domitianus Caesar - supreme commander Domitian caesar), laureate head right; reverse CEBACTHNWN ΘP (Greek: of the Sebastans, [year] 109), crested helmet with cheek-pieces left; first specimen of this type handled by FORVM
Sebaste was in the heart of the mountains of Samaria, a few miles northwest of Shechem. The city was called Samaria when it was a capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th and 8th centuries B.C. According to Josephus, King Herod the Great renamed Sebastia in honor of emperor Augustus.