Judaea. Jerusalem. Hasmoneans. Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) 40-37 BCE.
Four Prutot Æ
19 mm, 6,41 g
מתתיהו הכ גדל ח ("Mattathias the High Priest") in Paleo-Hebrew script around cornucopia tied with ribbons, [decorated with vine leaf and grapes?] / [BACIΛEΩC? AN]TIΓΟ-ΝΟΥ ("of King Antigonos"), legend in Greek within wreath.
nearly very fine
Cf. Meshorer 37; cf. Hendin 1163.
From the Tareq Hani collection