| Herod Philip, 4 B.C. - 34 A.D. |  |
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| The Temple Tax Coin, Tyre KP Type Half Shekel, Jerusalem or Tyre Mint, 18 - 19 A.D. |   | At the Great Temple in Jerusalem the annual tax levied was 1/2 shekel per male. The 1/2 shekel and shekel were the only coins accepted by the temple. Some experts believe that after the coinage of Tyre was debased under Roman control, Herod the Great began to strike "Tyre" shekels in Jerusalem. These coins were of cruder fabric and style, but maintained the silver purity required to pay the temple tax. The "Jerusalem" shekels have the letters KP or KAP to the right of the eagle and dates range from PH (18/17 B.C.) to PKE (69/70 A.D.). The Greek letters KP or KAP are probably an abbreviation for KAICAP, Greek for Caesar.
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| JD40434. Silver half shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 252, 237; Prieur 1459; RPC I 4689, aVF, weight 6.451 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 0o, Tyre or Jerusalem mint, 18 - 19 A.D.; obverse laureate head of Melqarth right, lion's skin knotted around neck; reverse TUROU IERAS KAI ASULOU (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle standing left, right foot on ship's ram, palm frond behind, RMD (year 144) over club left, KR over PMAw monogram right, Aramaic beth between legs; $280.00 (€232.40) |
| Judaea, Herod Philip, Tetrarch, 4 B.C. - 34 A.D., issue for Augustus |  | In addition to being the first Jewish ruler to put his own portrait on his coinage, Philip was the first Jewish ruler to put Roman imperial portraits on his coinage.
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| 9198. Bronze AE 22, Hendin 531, AJC 3, VF, some roughness, weight 8.46 g, maximum diameter 21.6 mm, die axis 0o, Caesarea Philipi (Paneas) mint, year 12, 8/9 A.D.; obverse KAICAPI CEBACTW, laureate head of Augustus right; reverse FILIPPOU TETRARCOU, tetrastyle temple with stairs leading to it, dot in pediment, date between columns, LIB ( year 12 ); very rare; SOLD |
|  | In addition to being the first Jewish ruler to put his own portrait on his coinage, Philip was the first Jewish ruler to put Roman imperial portraits on his coinage. |
| 6584. Bronze AE 21, Hendin 534, RPC I 4943, C/m Howgego 457i (7 pcs, none of this date!), VG, weight 5.59 g, maximum diameter 20.9 mm, die axis 0o, Caesarea Philippi (Panias) mint, 15 - 16 A.D.; obverse TIBERIOS SEBAS, laureate head of Tiberius right, star countermark, which may have been overstruck on another countermark; reverse FILIPPOU TETRARCOU, LIQ, tetrastyle temple, L - I - Q between the columns (year 19 = 15 - 16 A.D.); very scarce; SOLD |
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