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Prutah of Kingdom of Judaea with canopy, struck under Herod Agrippa I

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 41–42
Mint: Judaea (Kingdom), Jerusalem

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 2.45 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1361
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Canopy or umbrella
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Three ears of grain springing out of two stylized leaves.
Inscription: "Year 6" is obscured.

Struck under Agrippa I.
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.