RPC I, 4903

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4903
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 poppy head with a stalk
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΗΡΩΔΟΥ, LΓ ΤΡ (in field)
Edition βασιλέως Ἡρώδου ἔτους γʹ τετ?ράρχου? βασιλέως Ἡρώδου (ἔτους) γʹ τ(ετ?)ρ(άρχου?)
Translation of King Herod, of year 3, tetrarch(?)
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.39 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Meshorer 3–4
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 17
2 2     Gemini X, 13 Jan. 2013, lot 143
3 3     Brisbane: 1587
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 585, 16 Apr. 2025, lot 463