RPC I, 4986

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4986
Province Syria
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Agrippa I
Person (obv.) Agrippa I (king)
Issue Year 8
Dating AD 43/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑΣ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Agrippa, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙΑ Η ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΛΙΜΕΝΙ, LΗ (in field)
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 8, 12
Reference Meshorer 9
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Meshorer 9
2 2     Meshorer 9
3 3     P: 129
4 4     Goldberg 98, 6 June 2017, lot 1492 = Goldberg 100, 5 Sept. 2017, lot 2063
5 5     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 168
6 6     CNG 97, 17 Sept. 2014, lot 347
7 7     P: 28 RSN VIII (1898) 31, no. 19 (Antiochus of Commagene, mint of Sebaste)
8 8     Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 847
9 9     CNG 115, 16 Sep. 2020, lot 448