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LOT 3021
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Eight Prutot. 40-37 BC. Jerusalem mint.
'Mattatayah the High Priest and Council of the Jews' in Paleo-Hebrew script around double cornucopiae / BACIΛEΩC ANTIΓONOY around wreath. Sofaer 418-423; TJC 36; Hendin GBC 6 6179; Hendin GBC 5 1162; HGC 10, 646. Near Very Fine.(10.99gr, 24mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3021
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Eight Prutot.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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