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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4949 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | I |
| Number | 4949 |
| Province | Judaea |
| Region | Syria |
| City | Caesarea Paneas |
| Reign | Tiberius |
| Person (obv.) | Livia (Augusta) |
| Issue | Year 34 |
| Dating | AD 30/1 |
| Obverse inscription | ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ |
| Edition | Ἰουλία Σεβαστή |
| Translation | Julia Augusta |
| Obverse design | draped bust of Livia, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΚΑΡΠΟΦΟΡΟΣ, L ΛΔ (in field) |
| Edition | καρποφόρος (ἔτους) λδʹ |
| Translation | fruitful, of year 34 |
| Reverse design | hand holding three ears of corn |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 15 mm |
| Average weight | 3.67 g |
| Axis | 12 |
| Reference | Meshorer 278, no.1 |
| Specimens | 7 (3 in the core collections) |
| Note | The epithet on the rev. would be suitable for Livia, butthe type seems to refer to Paneas (see RPC I, 4975, 4992). J. Maltiel-Gerstenfeld,New Catalogue of Ancient Jewish Coins, no. 132, reads another piece as 'year37', but this is not clear from the illustration. |
