Lot 164
A Large Bronze Coin of Mattathias Antigonus
A large bronze coin of Mattathias Antigonus. Obv.: Double cornucopia; around and between them, Paleo-Hebrew insc. [מתת]יה כהן גדל [חבר] ים (Mattathias the High Priest and the council of the Jews). Rev.: A wreath of ivy leaves surrounded by Greek insc. BACIɅE[ΩΣ ANTIΓONOY] (of king Antigonus). This coin, as most coins of Mattathias, has a flan comprising two parts. 37-40 BCE. 15.1 grams, 21 mm, axis 12, TJC 36e
