250, Lot: 137. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great). 40-4 BCE. Æ 8 Prutot (26mm, 8.79 g, 12h). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Ornate helmet with tall crest topped by star; palms flanking / Tripod; LΓ (date) to left, monogram to right; all within wreath. Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169; RPC I 4901; HGC 10, 651. Good VF, green patina, areas of flat strike.