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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26404900, member: 92212&quot;]Nice specimen [USER=135271]@The Meat man[/USER]<b>!</b>&nbsp; Congrats!&nbsp; It&#039;s one of my favorite Herodian types. Unfortunately extant examples are usually significantly off-center and include minimal letters of the legend.&nbsp; I&#039;m almost anal about having the ability to read the ruler&#039;s name on ancients I add to my collection.&nbsp; Mine is missing one letter (the very end of Herod&#039;s &quot;king&quot; title), but it has all 4 letters of Herod&#039;s name.&nbsp; Interestingly, mine and the OP example are near identical in size and weight (mine being 14.9 mm and 1.13 g.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: David Hendin and J.P. Fontanille have determined the cornucopia was the obverse die and the eagle was the reverse die.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1684622[/ATTACH]</p><p>Below is a side-by-side orange-highlighted emphasis of the legend:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1684624[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1684625[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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