Founded by JP Fontanille
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HER 13: Herod the Great, struck c. 23 BCE, prutah
- 29 specimens listed (+ 4 hybrids, see type 18) -
See plates 73-74 in the book The Coins of Herod
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THE 3 FINEST SPECIMENS
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1. OBVERSE DIES
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SERIES A (Obverse dies also used for striking Type 12)
Die
O1:
Composite picture:
Connected to R1
Connected to R4
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O1 has also been used in association with the
reverse die depicting two crossed palm branches (H495)
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Die O2
Connected to R1
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O2 has also been used in association with the
reverse die depicting two crossed palm branches (H495)
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Die O3
Connected to R2
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O3 has also been used in association with the
reverse die depicting two crossed palm branches (H495)
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Die O4
Connected to R1
Connected to R2
O4 has also been used in association with the
reverse die depicting two crossed palm branches (H495)
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SERIES B (Obverse dies not used for striking Type 12)
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Die O5
Connected to R4
Connected to R5
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Die O6: No ground under the tripod
Connected to R3
Connected to R2
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Die O7
Connected to R1
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Die O8
Connected to R1
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Die O9
Connected to R6
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2. H496 REVERSE DIES
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Die R1
Connected to O4
Connected to O1
Connected to O2
Connected to O7
Connected to O8
Connected to ? (the obverse is too poor to be identified. It might be an hybrid)
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Die R2
Connected to O3
Connected to O4
Connected to O6
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Die
R3:
Frame with no dots (type 2). Composite picture:
Connected to O6
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Die
R4:
Frame with dots. Composite picture:
Connected to O1
Connected to O5
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Die R5
Connected to O5
Hybrid with die R5 connected to the die O2 of type 9:
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Die R6
Connected to O9
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Die R7
This reverse die is only known as connected to the die O2 of type 9 (hybrids):
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THE ENLARGEMENT
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