Prutah - Herod the Great

Obverse description	Open diadem of simple form, without a cross finial, depicted in the central field. The royal legend ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC (of Herod the King) is disposed around the diadem in Greek characters, serving as the identifying inscription of the Herodian royal authority. The flan is characteristically irregular in shape, as is typical of hand-struck Judaean bronze coinage of this period. The striking is uneven, with areas of weak relief consistent with hammered production technique.
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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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