Auction 090
Gallery auction - archaeology, numismatics, Judaika, Eretz Israel, art and more
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Sep 2, 2015
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 128:
A bronze coin of Herod the Great, mint of Samaria
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
$180 - $130
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VAT: 17%
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A bronze coin of Herod the Great, mint of Samaria
Obv.: Winged caduceus flanked by the date L Γ (year three) on left and the monogram ![125]()
on right; around, Greek inscription HPΩΔOY B[A]ΣIɅEΩΣ (of king Herod). Rev.: Poppy pod on stem with leaves. 40 B.C.E 3.19 grams, 19 mm, axis 1. Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 44, no. 46. The Herodian dynasty founded by Herod the Great the ultimate political animal had a number of rulers, the most Jewish of them being Agrippa I. The coins struck by Herod himself were in accordance with Jewish religious sensitivities. Likewise his son Archelaus and his grandson Agrippa struck coins with symbols compatible with Judaism. By way of contrast Agrippa like his brother Antipas and son Agrippa II struck coins with portraits and pagan motifs for his gentile subjects.
