Prutah of Herod I, the Great
CoinsJewish1st century BCE

Prutah of Herod I, the Great

40 BCE - 4 BCE

Artists

Herod the GreatCoin Constituent

Description

Obv.: Aphlaston; in field l. date (Year 3=40 BCE); to r. monogram T P; around inscription. Rev.: Palm with fillet.

Classification
Coins
Technique
Struck
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Jewish
Period
Roman Imperial period, Early
Century
1st century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

2.97g

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.

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