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Lot 165

A Bronze Coin of Herod the Great

A bronze coin of Herod the Great, mint of Samaria. Obv.: A tripod with lebes standing on a podium and Greek insc. HPΩΔOY BA[Σ]IΛEΩΣ LΓ (of king Herod, year three). Rev.: A helmet with cheek pieces, star in top and two palm branches. 40 BCE. 6.6 grams, 25 mm, axis 12. TJC: 44