RPC I, 4778

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4778
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Herod (king)
Dating AD 43/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΗΡΩΔΗΣ ΦΙΛΟΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ
Edition Βασιλεὺς Ἡρῴδης φιλοκλαύδιος
Translation King Herod philoclaudius
Obverse design diademed head of Herod, right
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 25 mm
Average weight 14.36 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Meshorer Suppl. IV, no. 1
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type