Judaea, Herod Philip, Tetrarch, 4 B.C. - 34 A.D., issue for Tiberius and Livia

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^{Judaea, Herod Philip, Tetrarch, 4 B.C. - 34 A.D., issue for Tiberius and Livia}

Meshorer notes the same countermark on one of his examples (6a). 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.

8809. Bronze AE 20, Hendin 530; RPC I 4951; AJC II 245, 6a, aF, Caesarea Paneas mint, weight 7.98g, maximum diameter 20.3mm, die axis 0^o, c. 30 - 31 A.D.; obverse SEBASTWN, jugate heads of laureate Tiberius and Livia, star countermark; reverse FILIPPOU TETRARCOU, tetrastyle temple on high platform with round design (shield?) in center; very rare; SOLD