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Herodian Dynasty, 40 BCE-96 CE.
Agrippa II, 50-100. Æ-full denomination, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi/Neronias; 11,68 g. NEΡΩΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡ CΕΒΑCΤΟC (nearly totally abraded) laureate head of Nero to r.//EΠΙ / ΒΑ†ΙΛΕ / ΑΓΡΙΠΠ / ΝΕΡΩ / ΝΙΕ (eπi βασιλέ(ως) Aγρίππ(α) Νερωνιέ(ων), under the reign of king Agrippa, [coin] of the citizens of Neronias) within a wreath. Hendin no. 1273; Lykke 247 fig. 88; Meshorer, Treasury 233 no. 129; RPC I no. 4988.
Fine/good fineδδδδδδOverbeck – Meshorer no. 163.
The perhaps hellenistic foundation of Panias – named after a sacred cave of the god Pan – was refounded by Herod the Great's son Philipp as Caesarea Philippi. In the time of Nero the city adopted the name of Neronias, cf. G.M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria ..., Berkeley/Los Angeles/London 2006, 264 f., Lykke 113, and Meshorer, Treasury, 105 who dates these coins in the time after the outbreak of the Great Revolt. Lykke 112 annotates that Caesarea Paneas was Agrippa II's main mint.
Agrippa II, 50-100. Æ-full denomination, Caesarea Paneas/Philippi/Neronias; 11,68 g. NEΡΩΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡ CΕΒΑCΤΟC (nearly totally abraded) laureate head of Nero to r.//EΠΙ / ΒΑ†ΙΛΕ / ΑΓΡΙΠΠ / ΝΕΡΩ / ΝΙΕ (eπi βασιλέ(ως) Aγρίππ(α) Νερωνιέ(ων), under the reign of king Agrippa, [coin] of the citizens of Neronias) within a wreath. Hendin no. 1273; Lykke 247 fig. 88; Meshorer, Treasury 233 no. 129; RPC I no. 4988.
Fine/good fineδδδδδδOverbeck – Meshorer no. 163.
The perhaps hellenistic foundation of Panias – named after a sacred cave of the god Pan – was refounded by Herod the Great's son Philipp as Caesarea Philippi. In the time of Nero the city adopted the name of Neronias, cf. G.M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria ..., Berkeley/Los Angeles/London 2006, 264 f., Lykke 113, and Meshorer, Treasury, 105 who dates these coins in the time after the outbreak of the Great Revolt. Lykke 112 annotates that Caesarea Paneas was Agrippa II's main mint.