RPC I, 4778

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4778
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Herod (king)
Dating AD 43/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΗΡΩΔΗΣ ΦΙΛΟΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ
Edition Βασιλεὺς Ἡρῴδης φιλοκλαύδιος
Translation King Herod philoclaudius
Obverse design diademed head of Herod, right
Reverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΕΤ Γ
Edition Κλαυδίῳ Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation to Claudius Caesar Augustus, of year 3
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.36 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Meshorer Suppl. IV, no. 1
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18259151
2 2     P: 11
3 3     O
4 4     V: GR 21047
5 5     JSW = Roma Numismatics 5, 23 Mar. 2013, lot 480
6 6     Leu 45 (1970), lot 360 = Mabbott 2738
7 7     Superior (June 1977), no. 2745
8 8     Meshorer I
9 9     Lewis = SNG 1784
10 10     IMJ Sofaer 169
11 11     CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 728
12 12     ✸ Leu 10, 24 Oct. 2021, lot 2286