Lot 3532

Description

Palestine, Judaea, Herod I, (40 - 4 B.C.), copper prutahs, AE 14, (1.32, 1.33 and 0.86 g), obv. anchor, inscription within circle of dots, rev. filleted double cornucopiae with caduceus between; also obv. cross with open diadem, rev. tripod table, (S.5534, H.1179, 1188 and 1190); Roman Procurator of Judaea, Porcius Festus under Nero, (A.D. 59-62), copper prutah, (1.5 and 2.14 g), obv. in wreath tied with X at bottom in three lines, NEP/ WNO/C, (Nero), rev. palm branch, around LE KAICAPOC (Caesar year 5), [L E = year 5 = A.D. 58], (S.5627, H.1351, AJC II Supplement V, No.35, Meshorer TJC 345a) (2). Poor - very fine, the last toned. (5)

The last coin from the Harry Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior Galleries (USA) auctions December 8, 1993 (lot 456 part).