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Auction 39 10 January 2017
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ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, PERSIAN PERIOD, SAMARIA AND JUDAH, Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Silver 1/2 Gerah (0.33 g), ca. 375-332 BCE. Lily. Rev. 'YHD' (Yehud), falcon with wings displayed, head turned to right. (TJC 15; Hendin 1060). Darkly toned. Unusually well centered. Among the finest in existence. Extremely fine.
ex Dr. Jonathan A. Herbst Collection (Superior, 8-9 December 1995), lot 1058.
The obverse of this coin proudly identifies itself as produced in Jerusalem through the prominent lily type. This became so well established as the badge of the city and its local rulers that it appeared on later Seleukid coins struck by the High Priest John Hyrcanus I for Antiochos VII Sidetes in 132-130 BCE, and Hyrcanus' descendant, the Priest-King Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE).
Estimate: $ 2,500
ex Dr. Jonathan A. Herbst Collection (Superior, 8-9 December 1995), lot 1058.
The obverse of this coin proudly identifies itself as produced in Jerusalem through the prominent lily type. This became so well established as the badge of the city and its local rulers that it appeared on later Seleukid coins struck by the High Priest John Hyrcanus I for Antiochos VII Sidetes in 132-130 BCE, and Hyrcanus' descendant, the Priest-King Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE).
Estimate: $ 2,500