RPC I, 4901

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4901
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Sebaste
Reign Herod
Person (rev.) Herod (king)
Issue Year 3
Dating Uncertain year, between 40 and 37 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design pileus on couch; two palm branches
Reverse inscription ΗΡΩΔΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, LΓ ΤΡ (in field)
Edition Ἡρώδου βασιλέως ἔτους γʹ τετ?ράρχου? Ἡρώδου βασιλέως (ἔτους) γʹ τ(ετ?)ρ(άρχου?)
Translation of King Herod, of year 3, tetrarch(?)
Reverse design tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.05 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Meshorer 1
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 8
2 2     B: 18224706
3 3     B: 18232685
4 4     B: 18232684
5 5     B: 18232686
6 6     ✸ J. Clark coll.
7 7     F. Vink coll. (ex Archaeological Center Auction 70.1, Tel Aviv, 31 March 2021, lot 273 from the collection of Menashe Landman, Haifa).
8 8     Boston: 63.2960
9 9     Brisbane: 440
10 10     Brisbane: 1518