Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ25 - Herod Agrippa I
| Issuer | Judea |
|---|---|
| Year | 42-43 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of the emperor Claudius (or Caligula) facing right, wearing a radiate or laureate crown, set within a circular Greek legend. The portrait is rendered in the Hellenistic provincial style typical of Judaean bronze coinage of the early 1st century CE. The legend surrounds the effigy and reads ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜ, identifying the emperor as Tiberius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with hand-struck provincial bronze issues of this period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A tetrastyle or distyle temple facade depicted in frontal view, with a triangular pediment supported by two columns; within the intercolumniation, two figures are visible flanking the central space, possibly representing cult statues or attendants. The composition is framed by a circular Greek legend reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑΣ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ, identifying the issuer as the Great King Agrippa, Friend of Caesar. The architectural rendering is characteristic of Herodian dynastic coinage and reflects the Hellenistic-Roman cultural milieu of Caesarea Maritima. The surface shows typical dark green patination with areas of earthen deposits consistent with long burial. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Struck in year 8 of Agrippa's reign (42–43 CE), this issue dates to the final year of his rule — he died suddenly in 44 CE at Caesarea Maritima under circumstances described in both Josephus and the Acts of the Apostles. His kingship was the last time a single ruler governed the whole of Judea before Rome dissolved the client monarchy and returned the territory to direct prefectural administration under Cuspius Fadus.
Agrippa consistently avoided imagery that would offend Jewish sensibilities in his Judean issues, a calculated political distinction from the coins he struck for his non-Jewish territories.