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 ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑ
Edition Βασιλεὺς Μέγας Ἀγρίππας Φιλόκαισαρ Βασιλεὺς Μέγας Ἀγρίππας Φιλόκαισα(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, LΗ (in field)
Edition Καισαρία ἡ πρός τῷ σεβαστῷ— λιμένι ἔτους ηʹ Καισαρία ἡ πρός τῷ σεβαστῷ(—) λιμένι (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation Caesarea near the Augustan harbour, of year 8
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.67 g
Axis 1, 8, 12
Reference Meshorer 9, Burnett, Agrippa (2014) 4986
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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