Fontanille Coins
Auction 82 8 February 2016
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Unlisted Hasmonaean barbarous prutah 1.88 g.
An unlisted Hasmonaean barbarous prutah with a crude, truncated inscription apparently in concentric circles with retrograde letters*. Well centered on both sides, this coin establishes an interesting parallel with a coin type of Herod the Great also depicting an inscription in two concentric circles: GBC 1175 (www.menorahcoinproject.org/her-11.htm). On the reverse, the double cornucopia is not crude, but it is slightly different than usual (a bit larger and shorter).
* This variety is also unlisted in the reference publication on the subject, in two volumes: Unrecorded Hasmonaean Coins from the J.CH. Kaufman Collection, published by the Israel Numismatic Society in 1995 (Vol. 1) and 2004 (Vol. 2).
Est. $500-600
An unlisted Hasmonaean barbarous prutah with a crude, truncated inscription apparently in concentric circles with retrograde letters*. Well centered on both sides, this coin establishes an interesting parallel with a coin type of Herod the Great also depicting an inscription in two concentric circles: GBC 1175 (www.menorahcoinproject.org/her-11.htm). On the reverse, the double cornucopia is not crude, but it is slightly different than usual (a bit larger and shorter).
* This variety is also unlisted in the reference publication on the subject, in two volumes: Unrecorded Hasmonaean Coins from the J.CH. Kaufman Collection, published by the Israel Numismatic Society in 1995 (Vol. 1) and 2004 (Vol. 2).
Est. $500-600