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Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-full denomination, year 24=20/21, Tiberias; 10,62 g.

HPWΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟY around a palm frond, in the fields L – KΔ//ΤΙΒ? / PIAC within a wreath. Hendin no. 1199; Lykke 240 fig. 54; Meshorer, Treasury 226 no. 75; RPC I no. 4918.

Rare. Fine/very good

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 122.

The year 24=20/21 of Antipas’s reign was the year of Tiberias’s foundation. The plant depicted on the coins of Tiberias, which was situated at the western shore of the Sea of Galilee and which served Herod Antipas as residence, is interpreted by most numismatists as a reed as well as a palm frond, e.g. Lykke 87 f. I think it is utterly impossible that the city of Tiberias made use of two heraldic plants or changed its emblem in such a short period of time. The coinage at the end of Herod’s minting demonstrates that the palm tree and a date cluster could serve as Tiberias’s coat of arms. Therefore, we should also identify the plants on the earliest coins, which may look like reed stems, as awkwardly shaped palm fronds. The city of Tiberias/Twerja and the surrounding fertile lands produce dates in great quantities up until our time. This finds its expression in Twerja’s municipal coat of arms decorated with three palm trees. There is also the question as to why the citizens of Tiberias should have chosen the reed as their heraldic plant.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-quarter denomination, year 24=20/21, Tiberias; 4,52 g.

HPWΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟY around a palm frond, in the fields L – KΔ//ΤΙΒ? / PIAC within a wreath. Hendin no. 1201; Meshorer, Treasury 226 no. 77; RPC I no. 4920.

Nearly very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 123.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-quarter denomination, year 24=20/21, Tiberias; 3,65 g.

HPWΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟY around a palm frond, in the fields L – KΔ//ΤΙΒ? / PIAC within a wreath. Hendin no. 1201; Meshorer, Treasury 226 no. 77; RPC I no. 4920.

Nearly very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 124.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-eighth denomination, year 24=20/21, Tiberias; 2,08 g.

HPWΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟY around a palm frond, in the fields L – KΔ//ΤΙ / Β? within a wreath. Hendin no. 1202; Meshorer, Treasury 226 no. 78; RPC I no. 4921.

Fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 125.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-eighth denomination, year 24=20/21, Tiberias; 1,73 g.

HPWΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟY around a palm frond, in the fields L – KΔ//ΤΙ / Β? within a wreath. Hendin no. 1202; Meshorer, Treasury 226 no. 78; RPC I no. 4921.

Fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 126.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-full denomination, year 34=30/31, Tiberias; 15,51 g.

HPWΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟY around a palm frond, in the fields L – ΛΔ//ΤΙΒ? / ΡΙAC within a wreath. Hendin no. 1207; Lykke 241 fig. 56; Meshorer, Treasury 226 no. 83; RPC I no. 4926.

Nearly very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 128.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-eighth denomination, year 34=30/31, Tiberias; 1,45 g.

HPWΔΟΥ around a palm frond, in the fields L – ΛΔ//Τ / C within a wreath. Hendin no. 1210; Meshorer, Treasury 227 no. 86 (this coin illustrated); RPC I no. 4929.

Extremely rare. Attractive coin, good very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 129.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-full denomination, year 37=33/34 Tiberias; 11,34 g.

HPWΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟY around a palm frond, in the fields L – ΛZ//ΤΙΒ? / ΡΙAC within a wreath. Hendin no. 1211; Meshorer, Treasury 227 no. 87; RPC I no. 4930.

Fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 130.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-half denomination, year 37=33/34, Tiberias; 6,95 g.

HPWΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟY around a palm frond, in the fields L – ΛZ//ΤΙΒ? / ΡΙAC within a wreath. Hendin no. 1212; Lykke 241 fig. 57; Meshorer, Treasury 227 no. 88; RPC I no. 4931.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 131.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-full denomination, year 43=39/40, Tiberias; 12,59 g.

HPWΔHC ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧHC around a palm tree, in the fields ΕΤΟ / YC – ΜΓ//ΓΑΙΩ / ΚΑΙCAPI / ΓΕΡΜΑ / NIKΩ within a wreath. Hendin no. 1215; Lykke 241 fig. 60; Meshorer, Treasury 227 no. 91; RPC I no. 4934.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 132.

Herod Antipas, 4 BCE-39. Æ-quarter denomination, year 43=39/40, Tiberias; 2,73 g.

HPWΔHC ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧHC around a date cluster, in the fields ΕΤΟ / YC – ΜΓ//ΤΙΒ? / ΡΙAC within a wreath. Hendin no. 1217; Lykke 241 fig. 60; Meshorer, Treasury 227 no. 93; RPC I no. 4936.

Rare. Very good Overbeck – Meshorer no. 133.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-24 mm, year 5=1/2, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 8,8 g.

KAICAP – C?BACTOC around the bare head of Augstus to r.; to the left, round countermark//ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ – Τ?ΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ around the bare head of Philip to r.; in the fields L – ?. Hendin no. 1219; Lykke 242 fig. 62; Meshorer, Treasury 228 no. 95a (this coin illustrated); RPC I no. 4938.

Very rare. Fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 134.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-20 mm, year 12=8/9, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 10,76 g.

KAICAPI C?BACTΩ around laureate head of Augustus to r.//ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ – Τ?ΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front side, between the columns L – I – B. Hendin no. 1221; Lykke 242 fig. 63; Meshorer, Treasury 228 no. 97; RPC I no. 4940.

Rare. Good fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 135.

Many of Philip’s coins show the facade of a temple that was dedicated to Roma and Augustus. It is mentioned by Josephus (Bellum Judaicum I 404 and Antiquitates Judaicae XV 363). It may be possible that the ruins of a temple excavated at 3 km distance from Paneas at Omrit are the remains of this Augusteum, cf. J. A. Overman, D.N. Schowalter (eds.), The Roman Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit: An Interim Report (BAR International Series 2205), Oxford 2011. Its remnants suggest that the coins minted by Philip give a true image of the temple’s appearance. It is significant that the name of Augustus appears in the dative case, as the temple is dedicated to him.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-20 mm, year 12=8/9, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 5,42 g.

KAICAPI – CEBACT around bare head of Augustus to l.//ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΥ – Τ?Τ-ΡΑΡΧΟΥ around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, between the columns L – I – B. Hendin no. 1222; Lykke 242 fig. 64; Meshorer, Treasury 229 no. 98; RPC I no. 4941.

Fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 136.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-20 mm, year 16=12/13, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 4,87 g.

KAICAPI C?BACTΩ around laureate head of Augustus to r.//ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ – Τ?ΤΡΑ?Ρ?ΧΟΥ around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, between the columns L – I – ς. Hendin no. 1223; Meshorer, Treasury 228 no. 99; RPC I no. 4942.

Fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 139.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. AE-20 mm; year 16=12/13, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 4,83 g.

Legend illegible. Laureate head of Augustus to r.; round countermark: Star//Not clearly legible legend around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, between the columns the barbarized date L - Δ - S (retrograde). Hendin -, cf. no. 1223 b; Meshorer, Treasury -; RPC I -.

Extremely rare. Barbarized, fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 144.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-20 mm, year 19=15/16, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 5,12 g.

TIBΕΡΙΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ around laureate head of Tiberius to r.; round countermark//EΠΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΟΥ ΤEΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, between the columns L – I – θ. Hendin no. 1224; Meshorer, Treasury 229 no. 101c; RPC I no. 4943.

Good fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 143.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-20 mm, year 19=15/16, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 6,23 g.

TIBΕΡΙΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ around laureate head of Tiberius to r.//ΦΙΛΙΠΟΥ ΤEΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, between the columns L – I – θ. Hendin no. 1224b; Meshorer, Treasury 229 no. 101b; RPC I no. 4943; countermark: Howgego 457i.

Fine/nearly very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 142.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-20 mm, year 33=29/30, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 5,59 g.

KAICΑΡΟC C?ΒΑΣCΤΟΥ around laureate head of Tiberius to r.//EΠΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΟΥ ΤEΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, between the columns L – Λ – Γ. Hendin no. 1228a; Meshorer, Treasury 229 no. 105; RPC I no. 4946.

Fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 145.