RPC I, 4982

RPC I, 4982


Image of specimen #8

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	4982
Province	Syria
Region	Samaria
City	Caesarea Maritima
Reign	Claudius
Person (obv.)	Agrippa I (king) ; Claudius (Augustus) ; Herod (king)
Obverse inscription	ΒΑΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑΣ ΣΕΒ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΒΑΣ ΗΡΩ[ΔΗΣ]
Obverse design	Kings Agrippa and Herod crown the emperor Claudius, who stands wearing a toga capite velatio
Reverse inscription	ΟΡΚΙΑ ΒΑΣ ΜΕ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΠΡ ΣΕΒ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ[Α Κ ΣΥ]ΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ Κ ΔΗΜ(Ο) ΡΩΜ ΦΙΛΙ Κ ΣΥ(Ν)ΜΑΧ(Ι) ΑΥΤ(ΟΥ)
Reverse design	wreath enclosing clasped hands
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Meshorer 5, Burnett 8
Specimens	19 (0 in the core collections)
Note	For a related issue of KingHerod of Chalcis, see RPC I, 4777. No date is visible on any of the extantspecimens, but it seems likely that LZ or LH (or both) will appear if aclear obv. exergue turns up. A very well-preserved specimen was in the Spaer coll., which seems to have the expected date LH in the exergue of the obverse (R. Deutsch, Archaeological Center Auction 40 part 1, 4 April 2007, lot 60, 13.00). However the reading of the date is not absolutely certain. The same coin confirms the end of the obv. inscription ( ]ΗΡΩΔΗΣ). The reverse inscription is also reasonably clear: one can read (outer ring) [ AΓΡΙ] ΠΠA ΠR ΣΕΒ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ ΣΥΝΚΛΗΤ[ΟΝ ] and (inner ring) [ ]M ΡΩΜ ΦΙΛ ΚΑ ΣΥΜΑΧΙΑ[ . See A. J. M. Kropp, Crowning the Emperor. An unorthodox image of Claudius, Agrippa I and Herod of Chalkis, Syria 90 (2013), pp. 377-89.
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			J-BoI		25	18.30	12	Rev.: GIC 156 (laureate (?) head l.)	Show
2	2				Burnett 8	25		12		Show
3	3				Burnett 8	25		12		Show
4	4				Burnett 8	25		12		Show
5	5				Burnett 8	25		12		Show
6	6				Burnett 8	25		12		Show
7	7				Burnett 8	25		12		Show
8	8 ✸				CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 730	26	16.20	12	Rev.: GIC 156 (laureate (?) head l.)	Show
9	9				Roma Numismatics XVI, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 435	26	16.83	12	authentic? strange style	Show
10	10				Goldberg 104, 12 June 2018, lot 3103 = Markov The New York Sale XLII, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 267	25.1	11.71		Rev.: GIC 156 (laureate (?) head l.)	Show
11	11				CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 592 = CNG 96 (14 May 2014), lot 670	24	14.32	12	Rev.: GIC 156 (laureate (?) head l.)	Show
12	12				CNG 100, 7 Oct. 2015, lot 1759	25	16.78	6	Rev.: GIC 156 (laureate (?) head l.)	Show
14	14				CNG 117, 19 May 2021, lot 429	24	14.60	6		Show
15	15				Künker 334, J. Samel coll., 17 Mar. 2020, lot 2139	25.1	15.90			Show
16	16				CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 761 = Fontanille 106, Apr. 2018, lot 6	25	16.56			Show
17	17				Roma Numismatics XXII, 7 Oct. 2021, lot 524	27.2	15.24	12	Rev.: GIC 156 (laureate (?) head l.)	Show
18	18				CNG 120, 11 May 2022, lot 667 = CNG 114, 13 May 2020, lot 528.	25.5	14.81	12	Rev.: GIC 156 (laureate (?) head l.)	Show
19	19				Kadman NM (on exhibition) GIC 118.1	26			Rev.: GIC 118.1 (laureate (?) male head r.)	Show
20	20				CNG 94, 18 Sep. 2013, lot 917	24	14.84	12	Rev.: GIC 156 (laureate (?) head l.)	Show