Lot 3532

Description

Palestine, Judaea, Herod Archelaus I, (4 B.C. - A.D. 6), copper prutah, AE 16, (2.37 gm), probably Jerusalem mint, obv. bunch of grapes on vine, small leaf to left, around trace of HPW**DOU*, dotted border, rev. tall helmet with crest and cheek straps, caduceus below to left, below inscription traces of **EQ*NAPXO, (S.5539, AJC 6a [p.241], H.505 [63], Meshorer 61); Judaea, King Agrippa I, (A.D. 37 - 44), copper prutah, (2.86 gm), obv. umbrella or canopy,traces around BACI**LE*WC A**GRIPA*, rev. three ears of barley growing between leaves, [L] S (year 6 = A.D. 42-3), (S.5567, H.553, AJC II, No.11 [p.553], Meshorer 88). Fine. (2)

Both with notes indicating as coming from the Museum of St.Anne in Jerusalem.