Prutah of Alexander Jannaeus

Artists

Description

Obv. : Upside down anchor within a circle, surrounded by insciption in Greek Rev.: eight-rayed star with Paleo-Hebrew letters between rays

Dimensions

4.56g

Provenance

Hirsh Zvi Griliches, Cambridge, MA (before 1999); [1] to Diane Asséo Griliches, his wife, (1999-2008), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008. Notes: [1] Hirsh Zvi Griliches (1930-1999) acquired the work at an unknown date before his death in 1999.