CNG 91, Lot: 378. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great). 40-4 BCE. Æ Eight Prutot (22mm, 8.80 g, 12h). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Ornate helmet; palms flanking / Tripod; LΓ (date) to left, monogram to right; all within wreath. Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169; Bromberg 20-1; HGC 10, 651; DCA 804. Near VF, dark brown patina with earthen dusting.

From a Continental Collection, acquired in the 1970s (lot includes an old A. Hess inventory ticket).