RPC I, 4903

 

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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 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 1.92 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 3–4
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 17
2 2     ✸ Gemini X, 13 Jan. 2013, lot 143
3 3     Brisbane: 1587