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LOT 2964
Judaea, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Eight Prutot. 40-37 BCE.
Jerusalem mint. 'Mattatayah the High Priest and Council of the Jews' in Paleo-Hebrew script around double cornucopiae / [B]ACIΛE[ΩC ANTIΓONOY] around wreath. Meshorer 36; Hendin 1162; HGC 10, 646. Very Fine. Off-centre.(14.43gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 499, 1 September 2021, lot 297.
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LOT 2964
Judaea, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Eight Prutot.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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