Details
LOT 3025
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (AD 41/2). Jerusalem mint.
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. Good Fine.(2.28gr, 19mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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