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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26403704, member: 135271&quot;]Purchased this one recently from Forum Ancient Coins. Though it may not look it, it is actually one of the better struck specimens of this rare type I&#039;ve encountered. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical coins, and ex Marc Breitsprecher c. 2010.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is also now the featured specimen of the type on RPC Online. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4909" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4909" rel="nofollow">RPC I, 4909</a></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1684589[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>HEROD I, 40-4 BC</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE Half-prutah (15.0mm, 1.11g 12h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck c. 22-12 BC. Jerusalem mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: Eagle standing right, pellet behind</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: BACIΛ HPWΔ, cornucopia</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RPC I 4909 (this coin featured); Hendin 6221</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Acquired from FORVM Ancient Coins, 2025. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical coins. Ex Marc Breitsprecher, 2010.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Light earthen patina, well struck for issue, good details, reverse off center. A rare and unusual type, thought to be a representation of the golden eagle which Herod I (the Great) had erected over the Temple gate in Jerusalem. This blatant violation of the Mosaic injunction against graven images outraged the religious sensibilities of Herod’s Jewish subjects, and the statue was torn down and destroyed by an angry mob. In a rage, Herod had the leaders of the rebellion arrested and burned alive, and all the other participants were executed.</i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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