RPC I, 4901

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4901
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Sebaste
Reign Herod
Person (rev.) Herod (king)
Issue Year 3
Dating Uncertain year, between 40 and 37 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design pileus on couch; two palm branches
Reverse inscription ΗΡΩΔΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, LΓ ΤΡ (in field)
Edition Ἡρώδου βασιλέως (ἔτους) γʹ τ(ετ?)ρ(άρχου?)
Translation of King Herod, of year 3, tetrarch(?)
Reverse design tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.05 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Meshorer 1
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 8
2 2     B: 18224706
3 3     B: 18232685
4 4     B: 18232684
5 5     B: 18232686
6 6     ✸ J. Clark coll.
7 7     F. Vink coll. (ex Archaeological Center Auction 70.1, Tel Aviv, 31 March 2021, lot 273 from the collection of Menashe Landman, Haifa).
8 8     Boston: 63.2960
9 9     Brisbane: 440
10 10     Brisbane: 1518