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Star, 6 rays
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Judaea, Herod Philip, Tetrarch, 4 B.C. - 34 A.D., issue for Tiberius and Livia
8809. Bronze AE 20, Hendin 530; RPC 4951; AJC II 245, 6a, aF, Caesarea Paneas mint, 7.98g, 20.3mm, 0o, 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; $600.00
Meshore 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.
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