Eight Prutot of Herod I, the Great

Artists

Description

Obv.: tripod with lebes standing on podium; in field date (Year 3=40 BCE); around inscripton in Greek. Rev.: Helmet with cheek pieces surmounted by star flanked by two palm branches.

Dimensions

5.94g

Provenance

Hirsh Zvi Griliches, Cambridge, MA (before 1999); [1] to Diane Asséo Griliches, his wife, (1999-2008), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008. Notes: [1] Hirsh Zvi Griliches (1930-1999) acquired the work at an unknown date before his death in 1999.