RPC I, 4983

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4983
Province Syria
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Agrippa I
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa I (king) ; Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑΣ ΦΙΛΟ(ΚΑΙΣΑΡ), LΖ (in pediment)
Reverse design temple with two columns containing King Agrippa, Claudius and two other figures
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 8, Burnett 10
Specimens 17 (3 in the core collections)
Note For an interpretation of the rev. type as the consecration, in the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter at Rome, of the treaty between Agrippa and Claudius, see Burnett.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 23
2 2     B: 661/1919
3 3     P: 133
4 4     NFA 1976, J22
5 5     A. Kindler, Coins of the Land of Israel, no. 54
7 7     Meshorer, Jewish Coins, 89
8 8     CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1132
9 9     Roma Numismatics EA 64, 28 Nov. 2019, lot 474
10 10     CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 596
11 11     CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 591
12 12     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 164
13 13     Archaeological Center Auction 68, part 1, 12 Apr. 2020, lot 86
14 14     Künker 341, Samel coll., 1 Oct. 2020, lot 6210
15 15     Künker 341, 1 Oct. 2020, lot 6211
16 16     Baldwin's 100, 27 Sep. 2016, lot 299 ex Baldwin's 83, 24 Sep. 2013, lot 4107 ex Baldwin's/ Dmitry Markov/ M&M Numismatics The New York Sale XXX, 9 Jan. 2013, lot 205
17 17     The New York Sale XLII, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 266
18 18     CNG 390, 1 Feb. 2017, lot 368