| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5504 Price realized: 300 USD (Approx. 276 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Claudius. 37-43 CE. Æ (26mm, 16.02 g, 12h). Caesarea Maritima mint. Dated RY 7 of Agrippa I (42/3 CE). Laureate head of Claudius right; c/m: laureate head left within incuse circle / Two figures (Claudius and Agrippa?) standing facing one another, each holding patera, within distyle temple; between, torso of figure holding uncertain object above victimarius kneeling left, restraining offering; L Z (date) in pediment. Burnett, Coinage 10; Meshorer 121; RPC I 4983. For c/m: Howgego 156. Red-brown surfaces, smoothed and tooled, spots of green verdigris. Coin, Good Fine; c/m, Fair. Rare. Agrippa I had a close relationship with both Gaius (Caligula) and Claudius, in part helping to secure the rule of the latter in the uncertain days following his unexpected rise to the purple by counseling the understandably shaken Claudius and entreating the Senate to support him. Indeed, his relationship with Claudius was sufficiently close that Josephus (Ant. xix. 5.1) records that among the new emperor's first acts was the publication of an edict guaranteeing Agrippa's kingdom (with the title "great king") and granting the territory of Chalcis to Agrippa's elder brother Herod. Burnett believed the scene on the reverse represented the consecration of this treaty in Rome, a treaty which is specifically mentioned by Josephus (He also made a league with this Agrippa, confirmed by oaths, in the middle of the Forum in the city of Rome. [Jospehus, Ant. xix.5.1]). Although Suetonius (Suetonius, Claud. 25.5) also places the rites of the treaty (or fetial ceremony), which included the sacrifice of a pig, in the Roman Forum, Burnett argued that they instead took place at the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. Following Burnett's interesting argument, this rare Judaean bronze not only represents a religious ceremony before the holiest temple of Rome, but accurately depicts a victimarius (sacrificial assistant) about to kill a pig. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 488 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: COELESYRIA, Chalcis ad Belum. Herod of Chalcis. AD 41-48. Æ Half unit (21mm, 8.12 g, 12h). Caesarea Maritima mint. Dated RY 3 (AD 43/4). Diademed head right / KΛAVΔI/Ω KAIΣA/PI ΣEBAΣ/TΩ ET Γ (date) in four lines within a circle within wreath. Meshorer 363; Hendin 6283; RPC I 4779. Dark green surfaces, roughness. Near VF. Extremely rare, only three in RPC, one in CoinArchives. Continued Herodian support of the Romans allowed the dynasty to extend its influence beyond Jewish territories. Herod V, the grandson of Herod the Great, was granted the kingdom of Chalkis by Claudius in 41 upon the request of Agrippa I, and all of Herod's rare coins name the emperor. His friendship with and loyalty to the emperor continued to benefit him; following the death of Agrippa in 44, Claudius granted Herod authority over affairs at the Temple in Jerusalem, a right he retained until his death some four years later. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 551 | Auction date: 29 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 272 Price realized: 500 USD (Approx. 457 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa II. Circa 50-100 CE. Æ 3 Units (19mm, 5.23 g, 12h). Tiberias mint. Dated RY 15 of uncertain era of Agrippa II. Palm frond; L IE (date) flanking / TIBЄPIAC in two lines within wreath. Meshorer 134; Hendin 6310; RPC II 2242; Sofaer 183 (Under Uncertain Emperor). Green patina with red deposits, smoothed and tooled. Good VF. Very rare. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 574 Price realized: 55 CHF (Approx. 64 USD / 58 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Domitian, 50-100 CE. As (Bronze, 25 mm, 7.02 g, 6 h), Rome, for use in Judaea, year 26 of the second era of Agrippa II = 85-86. IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG GER COS XII Laureate bust of Domitian to right, wearing aegis. Rev. MONETA ΕΠΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ AVGVST, ΕΤ - ΚϚ / S - C Moneta standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left. Hendin 6353. RPC II 2269 (Caesarea Maritima). Sofaer 219. TJC 161. Good fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 452 Price realized: 80 USD (Approx. 75 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa II. Circa 50-100 CE. Æ Unit (13mm, 2.20 g, 5h). Tiberias mint. Dated RY 19 of the second era of Agrippa II (78/9 CE). Veiled and draped female bust right / Upturned anchor; L IΘ (date) to left. Meshorer 149; Hendin 6344; RPC II 2261 (Caesarea Panias); Sofaer 207. Brown surfaces with earthen highlights, light roughness, reverse off center. Good Fine. Very rare. Burnett suggests the obverse portrait is that of Julia, daughter of Titus. It has also been suggested that it may represent Berenice, sister of Agrippa II. Livia has also been considered. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553 | Auction date: 3 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 373 Price realized: 750 USD (Approx. 679 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Titus. Circa 50-100 CE. Æ 8 Units (25mm, 13.29 g, 11h). Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 18 of Vespasian (78/9 CE). Laureate and cuirassed bust of Titus right / Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond over left shoulder; date across fields. Meshorer 143 var. (bust type); Hendin 6338 var. (same); RPC II 2255A; Sofaer 196; Shoshana I 20175 (this coin, attributed to Caesarea Maritima). Black patina with earthen red highlights, minor pitting. Good Fine. Extremely rare, only one known to RPC. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Shoshana Collection (Part I, Heritage 3003, 8 March 2012), lot 20175. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
