RPC I, 4780

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4780
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Herod (king)
Dating AD 43/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΗΡΟΔΗΣ
Edition Βασιλεὺς Ἡρῴδης
Translation King Herod
Obverse design diademed head of Herod, right
Reverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ
Edition Κλαυδίῳ Καίσαρι
Translation to Claudius Caesar
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.91 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Meshorer Suppl. IV, no. 3
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Meshorer 3
2 2     Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2638