322, Lot: 389. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great). 40-4 BCE. Æ Eight Prutot (24mm, 10.31 g, 1h). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Helmet with cheek guards surmounted by star; palm branches flanking / Tripod; LΓ (date) to left, monogram to right. A&F Type 1, Series II, dies O8/R32; Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169; HGC 10, 651; DCA 804. Near VF, green-brown patina with a light earthen dusting, double struck.