Catalog - Catalog 334

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.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-20 mm, 30/31?, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 6,83 g.

[ΣΕΒΑΣΤWN] Jugate heads of Tiberius (?) and Livia to r.//ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙ[ΠΠΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ] around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, round object in center. Hendin no. 1229; Meshorer, Treasury 229 no. 100; RPC 4951.

Very good

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 140.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-17 mm, year 34=30/31, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 4,87 g.

[ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ] Laureate head of Tiberius to r., laurel branch in r. field//[ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧ]ΟΥ ΚΤΙΣ around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, between the columns L - Λ - Δ. Hendin no. 1230; Meshorer, Treasury 229 no. 106; RPC I no. 4948.

Very good/fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 146.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-20 mm, year 37=33/34, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 6,44 g.

ΤΙΒ?ΡΙΟC C?BACTOC KAICAP around laureate head of Tiberius to r.//ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΤEΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, between the columns L – Λ – Ζ. Hendin no. 1233; Meshorer, Treasury 230 no. 109; RPC I no. 4952.

Very rare. Nearly very fine/very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 147.

Philip, 4 BCE-34. Æ-20 mm, year 37=33/34, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi; 5,26 g.

ΤΙΒ?ΡΙΟC C?BACTOC KAICAP around laureate head of Tiberius to r.//ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΤEΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ around the facade of a temple with four columns at the front, between the columns L – Λ – Ζ. Hendin no. 1233; Meshorer, Treasury 230 no. 109; RPC I no. 4952.

Very rare. Fine/good fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 148.

Agrippa I, 37-44. Middle Bronze, year 2=37/38, Caesarea Paneas; 5,84 g.

[ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC-ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑC] Diademed head of Agrippa I to r.//[ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΥΙΟΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC] Agrippa II on horseback r., below [L B]. Hendin no. 1237; Meshorer, Treasury 230 no. 113; RPC I 4974.

Very rare. Corroded and cleaned, very good

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 149.

 

Agrippa I, 37-44. Middle Bronze, year 5=40/41, Caesarea Paneas; 10,17 g.

[ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΩ] Laureate head of Caligula to l.//[N]OM[ΙΣΜΑ]/ΒΑΣΙΛ[ΕΩΣ]/ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ Germanicus in triumphal quadriga to r., holding sceptre; below, LE. Hendin no. 1240; Meshorer, Treasury 230 no. 116; RPC 4976.

Very good/fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 150.

Agrippa I, 37-44. Æ-Prutah, year 6=41/2, Jerusalem; 2,69 g.

BACIΛ?WC AΓΡΙΠΑ around a baldachin with fringes//Three ears of corn, flanked by L - ς. Hendin no. 1244; Lykke 245 fig. 78; Meshorer, Treasury 231 no. 120; RPC I no. 4981.

Very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 156.

Lykke 100 is right when she annotates that the baldachin/canopy traces back to the Assyrian kings and that in the case of Agrippa it may underline his royal dignity. At any rate, 'the unusual motif does not seem to find any immediate parallels anywhere else'. In the Greek world baldachins were used to cover altars and the statuettes of gods, cf. W. Held, Wo stand die Hera von Samos?, IstMitt 45, 1995, 13-23, esp. 20 and M. Weber, Baldachine und Statuenschreine, Rom 1990.

Agrippa I, 37-44. Æ-Prutah, year 6=41/2, Jerusalem; 2,95 g.

BACIΛ?WC AΓΡΙΠΑ around a baldachin with fringes//Three ears of corn, flanked by L - ς. Hendin no. 1244; Lykke 245 fig. 78; Meshorer, Treasury 231 no. 120; RPC I no. 4981.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 157.

Agrippa I, 37-44. Large Bronze, year 7=42/43, Caesarea maritima; 15,98 g.

ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ [ΚΑΙΣΑΡ Σ]ΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ [ΓΕΡΜ]ANI Laureate head of Tiberius to r.//[ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΓΡ]ΙΠΠΑΣ ΦΙΛΟ[ΚΑΙΣΑΡ] Distyle temple; within the temple, two figures standing facing each other and holding patera over victimarius kneeling l.; in the background, a fourth person; LZ in the pediment of the temple. Hendin no. 1245; Meshorer, Treasury 232 no. 121.

Fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 153.

Agrippa I, 37-44. Middle Bronze, year 7=42/43, Caesarea maritima; 9,11 g.

[BA]ΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑ[Σ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑΣ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ] Diademed, draped bust of Agrippa I to r., countermark on the face//ΚΑΙΣΑ[ΡΙΑ Η ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩ] ΛΙΜ[EΝΙ] Tyche standing l., holding rudder with her outstretched r. hand and palm frond in her l. hand; in the field, LZ. Hendin no. 1246; Meshorer, Treasury 232 no. 122; RPC I. no. 4985.

Very rare. Fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 152.

Agrippa I, 37-44. Æ-medaillon, year 7 or 8=42-44, Caesarea maritima; 15,9 g.

BAC AΓΡΙΠΠΑΣ – ΣΕΒ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ – ΒΑΣ ΗΡΩΔΗΣ king Agrippa, standing on the left side, and his brother and son in law, king Herod of Chalkis, standing on the right side, crowning the Roman emperor Claudius with a wreath. Agrippa and Herod are clad in military dresses, Claudius wears a toga and is sacrificing capite velato (with covered head); in exergue [L Z or H] (year 7 or 8)//[OPKIA BAΣ ΜΕ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΠΡ ΣΕΒ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ Κ ΣΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ] Κ ΔΗΜΟ ΡΩΜ ΦΙΛΙ Κ ΣΥΜΜΑΧΙ ΑΥ. [?ρκια βασ(ιλ?ως) με(γ?λου) ?γρ?ππα πρ(?ς) Σεβ(αστ?ν) Κα?σαρα κ(α?) Σ?νκλητον] κ(α?) Δ?μ(ον) ?ωμ(α?ων) φιλ?(ας) κ(α?) συμμαχ?(ας) α?(το?). (Oaths taken by the Great King Agrippas before the Augustus Caesar and the Senate and Roman People with regard to friendship and alliance) in two concentric circles divided by a wreath; clasped right hands in centre. Hendin no. 1248; A.J.M. Kropp, Crowning the Emperor: an unorthodox image of Claudius, Agrippa I and Herod of Chalkis, Syria 90, 2013, 377-389; Lykke 246 fig. 82; Meshorer, Treasury 100 f. and 232 no. 124; RPC I no. 4982.

Extremely rare and despite the corrosion in above average condition. Partially corroded, otherwise good very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 151.

The authority which issued this medaillon is not mentioned, what is very unusual in the case of circulation coins. It was apparently minted in the last year of Agrippa’s reign, when his brother Herod had already been established as king of Chalkis. Due to the two dates given in the exergue of the medaillons (L Z = 42/3 and L H = 43/4) the background of the scenery depicted on them becomes obvious and seems in no way strange. The coin shows that the two royal brothers Agrippa and Herod had sent golden wreaths (aurum coronarium) to Claudius because of his victory over the British tribes in South and Middle England, perhaps on the occasion of his triumph De Britannis. The rev. of the medaillon seems to underline that Agrippa I as a friend and ally of the Romans had sent some Jewish troops to support the conquest of Britannia.