RPC I, 4777

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4777
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Agrippa I (king) ; Herod (king) ; Claudius (Augustus)
Dating AD 43/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛ ΗΡΩΔΗΣ ΒΑΣΙΛ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑΣ, ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ (in exergue)
Edition Βασιλ(εὺς) Ἡρώδης Βασιλ(εὺς) Ἀγρίππας Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation King Herod, King Agrippa, Claudius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design kings Herod and Agrippa crown the emperor Claudius, who stands wearing a toga capite velato
Reverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΕΤ Γ
Edition Κλαυδίῳ Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation to Claudius Caesar Augustus, of year 3
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.57 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note See A. Burnett, Mélanges de Numismatique offerts à Pierre Bastien (1987), pp. 34–5. A companion piece to the coins of Agrippa I, 4982. See A. J. M. Kropp, Crowning the Emperor. An unorthodox image of Claudius, Agrippa I and Herod of Chalkis, Syria 90 (2013), pp. 377-89.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1985,1002.1
2 2     ✸ CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 1436
3 3     CNG Triton XVI Sessions 1 & 2, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 736