We are pleased to present you with catalogue number 2 of Jerusalem Numismatics Auction House.
Text: L.Alexander Wolfe, Itamar Atzmon.
Photography: Daniel Rachamim.
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LOT 127:
A bronze prutah of Herod the Great, mint of Jerusalem – irregular type.
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A bronze prutah of Herod the Great, mint of Jerusalem – irregular type.
Obv.: Anchor surrounded by garbled Greek inscription (abbreviation of HPWΔOY BACIΛEWC; 'of king Herod'). Rev.: Double cornucopia with caduceus between horns and above pellets.
This coin was struck by a carelessly engraved die termed irregular / barbaric.
37-4 B.C.E. 1.6 grams, 14¼ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 45-46, no. 59 with its variants.
