RPC I, 4779

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4779
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 21 mm
Average weight 6.75 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer Suppl. IV, no. 2
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P
2 2     Meshorer 2
3 3     CNG EA 485, 10 Feb. 2021, lot 170
4 4     ✸ CNG 126, 28 May 2024, lot 488