RPC I, 4908

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4908
Province Judaea
Region Judaea
City Jerusalem
Reign Herod
Person (rev.) Herod (king)
Issue Undated coinage
Obverse inscription
Obverse design galley, left
Reverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ΗΡΩΔΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ἡρώδου
Translation of King Herod
Reverse design anchor
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 0.98 g
Axis 7
Reference Meshorer 22
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The legend is often blundered or incomplete.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 77
2 2     ✸ CNG 118, J. Galst coll., 13 Sept. 2021, lot 502 (ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXVIII, 23 Apr. 1992, lot 75; Jacob Maltiel-Gerstenfeld Collection (Superior, 1 Dec. 1990), lot 2173)