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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2108636, member: 42773&quot;]These prutoh arrived today, and I&#039;m quite pleased with them. (Any day the mailman delivers four coins is a good day.) I&#039;ve started photographing them, so here is the first, with a complete attribution...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Judaea, Herod Agrippa</b></p><p>AE Prutah, 17mm, 2.7g, 5h; Jerusalem, 41/42 AD.</p><p>Obv.: BACIΛEWC AΓPIПA; fringed, umbrella-like canopy.</p><p>Rev.: Three ears of barley and two leaves; date L-ς (year 6).</p><p>Reference: Hendin 1244.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]398034[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know if there is any significance to <u>three</u> ears of barley? I&#039;m assuming the umbrella is some sort of royal symbol - perhaps something the king&#039;s servants would carry to shade him? A cursory search on the internet doesn&#039;t give me many details.</p><p><br /></p><p>Herod Agrippa lived quite the tumultuous life, but he was a popular king. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Agrippa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Agrippa" rel="nofollow">wiki article</a> is very informative and brief..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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