Eight prutot of Herod I, the Great

CoinsJewish1st century BCE

Eight prutot of Herod I, the Great

40 BCE - 4 BCE

Artists

Herod the GreatCoin Constituent

Description

Obv.: tripod with lebes standing on podium; in field date (Year 3=40 BCE); around inscripton in Greek. Rev.: Helmet with cheek pieces surmounted by star flanked by two palm branches.

Classification

Coins

Technique

Struck

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Jewish

Period

Roman Imperial period, Early

Century

1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9.66g

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.

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