Biblical Coins
Lot 3937 SESSION 13 (9.30am Friday) Biblical Coins
Estimate $250
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PALESTINE, Judaea, Herod Archelaus I, (4 B.C. - A.D. 6), copper two prutah, AE 18, (2.66 grams), probably Jerusalem mint, obv. double cornucopiae, around HPW**O [U]*, dotted border, rev. war galley to left, with oars, cabin, curving at bow, aphlaston at stern, above inscription **EQN*AP/ HX/ C, dotted border, (S.5537, AJC 3/3c var. [p.240], RPC 4914, H.503 [61], BMC 3, Meshorer 59). Very fine and very rare in this condition.
Ex Harry Abramowitz family collection, sold Superior Galleries auction, December 8, 1993, (lot 449 part).
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