354, Lot: 235. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great). 40-4 BCE. Æ 8 Prutot (24mm, 7.54 g, 12h). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Helmet with cheek guards surmounted by star; palm fronds to left and right / Tripod; LΓ (date) to left, monogram to right. A&F type 1, dies O23/R120; Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169; DCA 804; HGC 10, 651. Near VF, green-brown surfaces.