RPC I, 4934

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4934
Province Judaea
Region Galilaea
City Tiberias
Reign Herod Antipas
Person (obv.) Herod Antipas (tetrarch)
Issue Year 43
Dating AD 39/40
Obverse inscription ΗΡΩΔΗϹ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ ΜΓ (in field)
Obverse design palm tree
Reverse inscription ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΩ
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Meshorer 17
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Note On one coin (Meshorer 17a) the rev. inscription is ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΣΕΒΑΣ. The form of the sigma is probably lunate rather than 4-barred.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62829 SNG 231
2 2     B
3 3     V
4 4     Heritage March 2012 Signature Sale 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20119
5 5     Heritage CICF Signature Sale 3024, 18 Apr. 2013, lot 24753 (ex Heritage Long Beach Signature 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20066)
6 6     Goldberg 98, 6 June 2017, lot 1489