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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Judean & Biblical Coins| ▸ |Herodian Dynasty| ▸ |Herod Philip||View Options:   | | |
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Son of Herod the Great, Philip was educated with his older brothers at Rome. He inherited the northern part of his father's kingdom. Augustus gave him the title tetrarch, not king. Philip was peace-loving and a good administrator. He was the first Jewish ruler to put his own portrait, as well as those of Roman rulers, on coins.SH09198. Bronze AE 22, RPC I 4940; Hendin 1221; Meshorer TJC 97; Meshorer AJC II p. 244, 3; Sofaer 118; BMC Palestine -, VF, some roughness, weight 8.46 g, maximum diameter 21.6 mm, die axis 0o, Caesarea Paneas (Banias, Golan Heights) mint, 8 - 9 A.D.; obverse KAICAPI CEBACTΩ (for Caesar Augustus), laureate head of Augustus right; reverse ΦIΛIΠΠOY TETPAPXOY, the Augusteum of Paneas (tetrastyle temple) with stairs leading to it, dot in pediment, L - I - B (year 12) between the columns; very rare; SOLD
Herod Philip, Tetrarch of Batanea, 4 B.C. - 34 A.D., Issued for Augustus
Son of Herod the Great, Philip was educated with his older brothers at Rome. He inherited the northern part of his father's kingdom. Augustus gave him the title tetrarch, not king. Philip was peace-loving and a good administrator. He was the first Jewish ruler to put his own portrait, as well as those of Roman rulers, on coins.JD94487. Bronze AE 19, RPC I 4942, Hendin 1223, Meshorer TJC 99; Meshorer AJC II p. 244, 5; Sofaer 126; BMC Palestine -, nice F, attractive patina, slightly off center on a tight flan cutting off parts of legends, weight 7.158 g, maximum diameter 19.0 mm, die axis 45o, Caesarea Paneas (Banias, Golan Heights) mint, 12 - 13 A.D.; obverse KAICAPI CEBACTΩ (for Caesar Augustus), laureate head of Augustus right; reverse ΦIΛIΠΠOY TETPAPXOY, the Augusteum of Paneas (tetrastyle temple) with stairs leading to it, dot in pediment, L - I - Σ (year 16) between the columns; rare; SOLD
Herod Philip, Tetrarch of Batanea, 4 B.C. - 34 A.D., Issued for Tiberius and Livia
Son of Herod the Great, Philip was educated with his older brothers at Rome. He inherited the northern part of his father's kingdom. Augustus gave him the title tetrarch, not king. Philip was peace-loving and a good administrator. He was the first Jewish ruler to put his own portrait, as well as those of Roman rulers, on coins.SH08809. Bronze AE 20, Hendin 1229a (same countermark and another X countermark on the reverse); RPC I 4951; Meshorer AJC II 245, 6a (same countermark), aF, weight 7.98 g, maximum diameter 20.3 mm, die axis 0o, Caesarea Paneas (Banias, Golan Heights) mint, c. 30 - 31 A.D.; obverse ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΝ (of the Augusti), jugate heads of laureate Tiberius and Livia; countermark: six pointed star in a round punch; reverse ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ (under the authority of Herod the Tetrarch), the Augusteum of Paneas (tetrastyle temple) on a high platform with round design (shield?) in the center; very rare; SOLD
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