315, Lot: 120. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great). 40-4 BCE. Æ Eight Prutot (24mm, 7.72 g, 1h). Samarian mint. Dated RY 3 (40/39 BCE). Military helmet with cheek guards surmounted by star; palm branches above / Tripod with lebes; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169; HGC 10, 40; DCA 804. VF, brown-green patina, earthen deposits.

From the Dr. Robert A. Kilmarx Collection.