Fontanille Coins
Auction 81 7 January 2016
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Herod the Great, half denomination struck year 37 B.C.E. in Jerusalem (GBC 1170) 3.98 g.
Of the 269 specimens I have listed and classified for the type from 2001 to 2010 (http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/her-02.htm), it is the first time I see a barbarous example! The 4 dated coin types of Herod the Great were carefully made and controlled, and the varieties - of any kind - are extremely rare".
* For a grand total of 1,320 coins we have listed for the 4 dated types in our book The Coins of Herod, we only have: 0 overstrike, 0 brockage, 0 countermarked, 0 retrograde, 7 double-struck (see coin #2 above) and 14 irregular or barbarous (including this one). Not a single example is known with an error in the inscription.
Est. $800-1,000
Of the 269 specimens I have listed and classified for the type from 2001 to 2010 (http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/her-02.htm), it is the first time I see a barbarous example! The 4 dated coin types of Herod the Great were carefully made and controlled, and the varieties - of any kind - are extremely rare".
* For a grand total of 1,320 coins we have listed for the 4 dated types in our book The Coins of Herod, we only have: 0 overstrike, 0 brockage, 0 countermarked, 0 retrograde, 7 double-struck (see coin #2 above) and 14 irregular or barbarous (including this one). Not a single example is known with an error in the inscription.
Est. $800-1,000