RPC I, 4904

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4904
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 palm branch
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 aplustre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.48 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 5
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 18
2 2     Roma May 2013 Auction, 21 May 2013, lot 629
3 3     Agora Sale 42, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 51
4 4     ✸ Brisbane: N# 1588