Lot 4486

Description

Palestine, Judaea, king Herod I (the great), (37-4 B.C.), issue of year 3, 37 B.C., copper eight prutot, obv. tripod with ceremonial bowl, date to l., rev. Head dress or helmet flanked by palm branches, (Hendin 39, S.5523). Very good, and rare.

Although Herod did not become the effective ruler in Judaea until 37 B.C., he had been proclaimed in Rome three years earlier and it was from this event that he reckoned the commencement of his reign.