Judaea. Jerusalem. Hasmoneans. Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) 40-37 BCE.
Four Prutot Æ
20 mm, 7,20 g
[מתתיהו הכ גדל ח ("Mattathias the High Priest") in] Paleo-Hebrew script around cornucopia tied with ribbons, decorated with vine leaf and grapes / [BACI]Λ[...] AN[TIΓ]ΟΝ ("of King Antigonos"), legend in Greek within wreath.
nearly very fine
Cf. Meshorer 37; cf. Hendin 1163.
From the Tareq Hani collection