RPC I, 4985

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4985
Province Syria
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Agrippa I
Person (obv.) Agrippa I (king)
Issue Year 7
Dating AD 42/3
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑΣ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑ
Edition Βασιλεὺς Μέγας Ἀγρίππας Φιλοκαῖσα(ρ)
Translation Great King Agrippa friend of Caesar
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Agrippa, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙΑ Η ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΛΙΜΕΝΙ, LΖ (in field)
Edition Καισαρία ἡ πρός τῷ Σεβαστῷ(—) λιμένι (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation Caesarea near the Augustan harbour, of year 7
Reverse design Tyche standing, left with rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.96 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 6, Burnett, Agrippa (2014) 4985
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Note D. Barag, ‘The legal and administrative status of the port of Sebastos during the early Roman period’, in A. Raban and K.G. Holum, Caesarea Maritima. A retrospective after two millennia (Leiden, 1996), pp. 609-14, distinguishes, for Agrippa, Claudius and Nero, between coins referring to the city of Caesarea and those referring to its port, Sebastos. He regards them as two distinct legal entities, even though he cites no parallel for this arrangement (see also 4847-8, 4862-5).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.62861 SNG 274
2 2     Meshorer 6
3 3     Meshorer 6
4 4     P: 2015/18
5 5     ✸ CNG 102, 18 May 2016, lot 757
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 165
7 7     IMJ Sofaer 166
8 8     CNG 277, 11 April 2012, lot 159
9 9     CNG 514, 20 April 2022, lot 219
10 10     Brisbane: 1463