RPC I, 4938

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4938
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Philip, son of Herod (tetrarch)
Issue Year 5
Dating AD 1/2
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ
Edition Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ, L Ε (in field)
Edition Φιλίππου τετράρχου (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of Philip, tetrarch, of year 5
Reverse design bare head of Philip, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.49 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 1 corr.
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1980/264
2 2     JSW, now J. Clark coll. = CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 312
3 3     Meshorer
4 4     ✸ CNG 46, 24 June 1998, lot 898 (ex Superior 8 Dec. 1995 (Herbst coll.), lot 1150) = Spink Auction 6018, 26 Sept. 2006, lot 819
5 5     Heritage Mar. 2012 Signature Sale 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20122
6 6     Goldberg 104, 12 June 2018, lot 3098
7 7     IMJ Sofaer 117
8 8     Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 212 (ex Roma Numismatics sale XIV, 2017, 407)