Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVI 26 Sep 2018
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Herodians, Herod IV Philip Æ12. Caesarea Philippi (Panias) mint, dated CY 37 = 33/4 CE. Bare head of Herod Philip right / LΛZ within wreath. Hendin 1235; RPC I 4952; BMC 5; TJC 111; Baramki 3. 1.42g, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine; earthen repatination. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Herod Philip was the first Jewish ruler to place his own portrait on coins. Hendin (p. 257) notes: "Philip was able to immortalise his face on his coins largely because so few Jews lived in the territories over which he ruled. Jews would have taken this act as an insult and violation of the Mosaic Law against graven images."
Very Fine; earthen repatination. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Herod Philip was the first Jewish ruler to place his own portrait on coins. Hendin (p. 257) notes: "Philip was able to immortalise his face on his coins largely because so few Jews lived in the territories over which he ruled. Jews would have taken this act as an insult and violation of the Mosaic Law against graven images."