JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod I (the Great). 40-4 BCE. Æ Two Prutot (20mm, 2.71 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Cross within closed diadem / Tripod flanked by palm fronds. A&F Type 5, dies O24/R12; Meshorer 48; Hendin 6211; RPC I 4905; HGC 10, 654; Y. Meshorer, Jewish Coins of the Second Temple Period (Tel Aviv, 1967), 41A (this coin illustrated). Green patina, some roughness. Near VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, June 1986. Ex E. Grosswirth Collection.