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Prutah - Herod the Great
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 27 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Hendin 6th#6214a |
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| Obverse lettering | ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC |
| Reverse description | A tripod table rendered in schematic relief, depicted frontally with three legs and a flat top surface, enclosed within a plain circular border or ring. The tripod, a symbol associated with Hellenistic royal iconography and the Delphic tradition, occupies the central field of the reverse. The surrounding field is plain, and the flan edges are ragged and irregular, characteristic of the hammered bronze prutot of Herod the Great. No legend or additional inscription appears on the reverse. |
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Herod struck these small bronzes during a period of intensive diplomatic realignment with Rome — the same years he was rebuilding Samaria as Sebaste and laying groundwork for the Jerusalem Temple expansion. The prutah was the lowest denomination in circulation, the coin most likely to pass through the hands of ordinary Judeans rather than tax collectors or merchants dealing in silver. Hendin 6214a is among the more frequently encountered of Herod's issues, yet attribution can be complicated by significant die wear and the notoriously poor flan preparation characteristic of his bronze output.