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8 Prutot - Herod the Great
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 38 BC - 37 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Hendin 6th#6204 I#4901 10#651 , DCA#804 , Meshorer#44 |
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| Reverse description | A thymiaterion (incense altar or ceremonial vessel) with a prominent vertical shaft and flanking scroll volutes or branches rendered at center, flanked by the regnal year mark LΓ (Year 3) in the field. The surrounding circular legend reads ΗΡΩΔΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (of King Herod) in Greek capitals, running clockwise. The inscription is set within a dotted border that follows the irregular contour of the flan, typical of Herodian bronze coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΗΡΩΔΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ LΓ (Translation: King Herod Year 3) |
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Herod was not yet king when this coin was struck — he was still fighting to take Judaea by force, backed by Roman legions under Sosius. The issue dates to the siege of Jerusalem itself, a brutal campaign that ended with the city taken and Antigonus II Mattathias, the last Hasmonean ruler, captured and later beheaded at Antony's order. Minting during an active military conquest was a calculated political act, asserting legitimate authority over a city not yet in his hands.
Meshorer 44 is among the heavier bronzes Herod produced, and specimens with full, unclipped flans are genuinely scarce.