Judaea AE prutah 37 - 1 BC Herod I, anchor/cornucopiae, kerykeion, pedigree to 1964 TTB

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Judaea, Herod I, AE prutah (17 mm, 1.52 g), Jerusalem mint. anchor, legend "Herod the King" in Greek/two cornucopiae, kerykeion between, pellets above.

This is a coin of the Biblical King Herod, famous for his political cunning and grand building works in Jerusalem, who reigned at the birth of Christ, and ordered the massacre of the infants of Bethlehem. The types follow pagan prototypes and are indicative of the Hellenization of courtly life in his reign.

about very fine, on an irregular flan.

Hendin 6219

ex-Heinrich Pilartz VII (1-3 October 1964), lot 100 (with original auction envelope as illustrated)

 

 

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