197, Lot: 91. Estimate $100. Sold for $2102. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Livia. 4 BCE-34 CE. Æ 15mm (4.17 g, 12h). Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 34 (30/1 CE). Draped bust of Livia right / Hand holding three ears of grain; L ΛΔ (date) in field. Meshorer 107; Hendin 540; RPC 4949. VF, brown patina with some earthen highlights. Very rare.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

Herod IV Philip was the first Jewish ruler to place Imperial portraits on his coins.