JUDAEA, Hasmoneans. Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah). 40-37 BCE. Æ Prutot (10mm, 0.93 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Showbread table with two stacks of showbread; ["Mattatayah the High Priest" (in Paleo-Hebrew) around] / Seven-branched menorah; [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI around]. Meshorer 42 (this coin illustrated); AJC Group Z, 2 (this coin illustrated); Hendin 6203a; Hendin (4th ed.) 485a (this coin illustrated); HGC 10, 650; Bromberg 19 var. (no stacks on table); Shoshana I 20093–4 var. (same); Sofaer 446 var. (same); Spaer –. Brown surfaces, broken and repaired, typical compact flan. Good VF. Very rare.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, September 1985. Ex A. Grosswirth Collection.