Fontanille Coins
Auction 82 8 February 2016
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Herod Philip, hoard of 8 coins struck from 9 to 30 C.E. in Caesarea Philippi (GBC 1221-1223-1229-1231-1233). Total: 47.07 g.
A complete hoard of 8 coins of Herod Philip. There are more coins of Philip in this hoard than there was on the market in the 12 last months! It is offered as found, uncleaned with the original encrustations, in order to preserve the 'hoard character' of this group. Of course, cleaning and restoring each coin and selling them one by one would definitely increase the value of this group, but I would not suggest it: A hoard has a considerable archaeological value that individual coins don't have. So it would be important to keep these coins together in the future, as they have been for 2,000 years.
As I was suspecting the coin #1 to be the finest ever seen for the type, I must admit I could not resist to clean and restore it, to be sure. Illustrated at bottom, the result is exceptional on both sides, and yes, it is the finest known! I have done my best, in the restoration process, to present a 'finish' (color, appearance) inspired from the original, as-found model.
Est. $9,000-10,000
A complete hoard of 8 coins of Herod Philip. There are more coins of Philip in this hoard than there was on the market in the 12 last months! It is offered as found, uncleaned with the original encrustations, in order to preserve the 'hoard character' of this group. Of course, cleaning and restoring each coin and selling them one by one would definitely increase the value of this group, but I would not suggest it: A hoard has a considerable archaeological value that individual coins don't have. So it would be important to keep these coins together in the future, as they have been for 2,000 years.
As I was suspecting the coin #1 to be the finest ever seen for the type, I must admit I could not resist to clean and restore it, to be sure. Illustrated at bottom, the result is exceptional on both sides, and yes, it is the finest known! I have done my best, in the restoration process, to present a 'finish' (color, appearance) inspired from the original, as-found model.
Est. $9,000-10,000