Prutah - Herod the Great

Beschrijving voorzijde	Central field bears a Greek royal inscription in two uneven lines reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΗΡΩΔΟΥ (King Herod), rendered in irregular, somewhat crude lettering characteristic of Herodian hammered bronze coinage. The legend is set within a plain field with no surrounding decorative border. The irregular flan shape and uneven strike are typical of small denomination prutot of this period.
Schrift voorzijde	Log in om details te zien
Opschrift voorzijde	Log in om details te zien
Beschrijving keerzijde	Log in om details te zien
Schrift keerzijde	Log in om details te zien
Opschrift keerzijde	Log in om details te zien
Rand	Plain
Muntplaats	Log in om details te zien
Oplage	Log in om details te zien
Aanvullende informatie	Herod ruled Judea as a client king under Roman authority, appointed by the Senate in 37 BC after a brutal three-year campaign to seize Jerusalem from the Hasmoneans. His bronze prutot were struck in Jerusalem and represent one of the few coin series from his reign that circulated broadly among the Jewish population — groups who, for religious reasons, rejected coinage bearing human portraiture, a constraint Herod largely respected in his smaller denominations. Hendin 1174 is among the more common varieties in the series, though survivors in decent condition are consistently undervalued relative to their historical weight.