325, Lot: 273. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great). 40-4 BCE. Æ Eight Prutot (24mm, 6.38 g, 12h). 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. Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169; HGC 10, 651; DCA 804. Near VF, desert patina, clip at 11 o’clock.