335, Lot: 276. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa I. 37-43 CE. Æ Prutah (6mm, 2.37 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/42 CE). Umbrella-like canopy; c/m: grain ear / Three grain ears; L [ς] (date) across field. Meshorer 120; Hendin 1244; RPC I 4981. VF, brown patina, reverse die rotation.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.

This coin has a peculiar incuse grain ear near the obverse edge. Since there is no corresponding weakness on the reverse and the incuse grain ear nicely matches those on the obverse, it must be the result of a striking error rather than a countermark. Perhaps a brockage strike was caught at the mint and was struck again?