JUDAEA. Herod I. 40-4 BCE. Æ 4 Prutot (24mm, 5.94 g, 1h). Samaria mint(?). Dated RY 3 (37 BCE). Military helmet in frontal view with cheek pieces and straps, decorated with acanthus; above, star above flanked by palm branches / ΗΡΩΔΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, tripod; ceremonial bowl (lebes) above, flanked by LΓ (date) and monogram. Hendin 6204; TJC 44; RPC I 4901 . Natural brown-green surfaces, very minor prosity, . .
From the David Hendin Collection, sold for the benefit of the American Numismatic Society.