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<p>[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 8082474, member: 75496"]I like the shield and the portrait on that coin, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]. The shield has some similarity to the one on this coin of Herod the Great.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1403681[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1403682[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Judaea, Herodian Kingdom. Herod I (The Great). 40 BC – 4 AD. Æ 4 Prutot (5.08 g). </b> Uncertain mint in Samaria (perhaps Sebaste), RY 3 <i>(40/39 as Tetrarch of Samaria or 38/7 BCE as King of Judaea*)</i>. Macedonian shield with decorated rim. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ HPΩΔOY <i>(of King Herod)</i>; crested helmet with cheek protection flanked by date LΓ <i>(year 3)</i> and monogram TP. Dotted border on both sides. Hendin 1170; TJC 45; Meshorer 45. Earthen green desert patina.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">*Herod was appointed Tetrarch of Samaria in 42 BC by Mark Antony, and King of Judaea in 40 BC by the Roman Senate with approval of O</font>ctavian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 8082474, member: 75496"]I like the shield and the portrait on that coin, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]. The shield has some similarity to the one on this coin of Herod the Great. [ATTACH=full]1403681[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1403682[/ATTACH] [B] Judaea, Herodian Kingdom. Herod I (The Great). 40 BC – 4 AD. Æ 4 Prutot (5.08 g). [/B] Uncertain mint in Samaria (perhaps Sebaste), RY 3 [I](40/39 as Tetrarch of Samaria or 38/7 BCE as King of Judaea*)[/I]. Macedonian shield with decorated rim. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ HPΩΔOY [I](of King Herod)[/I]; crested helmet with cheek protection flanked by date LΓ [I](year 3)[/I] and monogram TP. Dotted border on both sides. Hendin 1170; TJC 45; Meshorer 45. Earthen green desert patina. [SIZE=4]*Herod was appointed Tetrarch of Samaria in 42 BC by Mark Antony, and King of Judaea in 40 BC by the Roman Senate with approval of O[/SIZE]ctavian.[/QUOTE]
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