RPC I, 4979

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4979
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Agrippa I
Person (obv.) Agrippa II (king)
Issue Year 5
Dating AD 40/1
Obverse inscription ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΥΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ, L Ε (to left)
Edition Ἀγρίππα υἱοῦ βασιλέως Ἀγρίππα (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation Agrippa, son of King Agrippa, of year 5
Obverse design bare head of Agrippa II, left
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition βασιλέως Ἀγρίππα φιλοκαίσαρ
Translation of King Agrippa, friend of Caesar
Reverse design crossed cornucopias
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.65 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 4, Burnett, Agrippa 5; Burnett, Agrippa (2014) 4979
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu
2 2     Meshorer 4
3 3     J. Maltiel-Gerstenfeld, 260 Years of Ancient Jewish Coins, no. 128
4 4     Leu (1992–2005) 91, 10 May 2004, lot 249
5 5     Baldwin’s 100, 27 Sept. 2016, lot 298 = Superior, Abramowitz coll., 8 Dec. 1993, lot 35 = The New York Sale XXX, 9 Jan. 2013, lot 203 = Baldwin’s 83, 24 Sept. 2013, lot 4105 = Baldwin's 100, 27 Sept. 2016, lot 298
6 6     J. Clark coll. (ex Heritage Mar. 2012 Signature Sale 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20139 = Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20076)
7 7     Baldwin’s The New York Sale XXX, 9 Jan. 2013, lot 203
8 8     IMJ Sofaer 152
9 9     CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 524
10 10     ✸ VCoins Herakles (2024)