RPC I, 4934

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4934
Province Judaea
Region Galilaea
City Tiberias
Reign Herod Antipas
Person (obv.) Herod Antipas (tetrarch)
Person (rev.) Caligula (Augustus)
Issue Year 43
Dating AD 39/40
Obverse inscription ΗΡΩΔΗϹ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ ΜΓ (in field)
Edition Ἡρώδης τετράρχης ἔτους μγʹ
Translation Herod tetrarch, of year 43
Obverse design palm tree
Reverse inscription ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΩ
Edition Γαίῳ Καίσαρι Γερμανικῷ
Translation to Gaius Caesar Germanicus
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 13.83 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Meshorer 17
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Note On one coin (Meshorer 17a) the rev. inscription is ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΣΕΒΑΣ. The form of the sigma is probably lunate rather than 4-barred.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62829 SNG 231
2 2     B
3 3     V
4 4     Heritage March 2012 Signature Sale 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20119
5 5     Heritage CICF Signature Sale 3024, 18 Apr. 2013, lot 24753 (ex Heritage Long Beach Signature 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20066)
6 6     Goldberg 98, 6 June 2017, lot 1489