Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 616. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great). 40-4 BCE. Æ “Eight Prutot” (3.94 g, 12h). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Ornate helmet with tall crest topped by star; palms flanking / Tripod; LΓ (date) to left, monogram to right; all within wreath. Meshorer 44d; cf. Hendin 486. Near VF, dark green patina, light earthen deposits, minor roughness. Very rare issue on half-weight flan.