Good morning! I have these two prutahs that have been floating around in my collection for a while now because I have not been able to identify them. I thought they might both be Herod Agrippa, but they don't really match my other ones. The reverses of both coins are pretty rough. Do any of you know? Thank you!
That is the coin I thought it was, but I am not seeing the same canopy (or whatever it is). Perhaps it is just worn.
The canopy (i think it's called an umbrella) appears to go straight up from the letter "w", to me. I don't know what the rest is to the right of that, though?
Yeah, I am not sure! The details are fuzzy. I see the canopy now. Before I thought it was just a small one up on the right, but I see it as a whole. Are there other varieties? It must be an Agrippa.
They are both the same type. (Hendin 6274. As @kountryken posted above.) It is a very common type. To clarify: The images in the red square below are of one coin; the images in the green square are of course the other coin. The top image of both coins is the reverse (3 ears of grain); the bottom image of each is the obverse (a canopy or umbrella object). Here are two of my Hendin 6274 examples: OBVERSE (left) REVERSE (right) OBVERSE (left) REVERSE (right) Those with numismatic eagle-eyes may see something of interest about my 2 examples. The type is too new (and really, too large) to be the Widow's Mite type. But that's a post for another day.
