Prutah of Kingdom of Judaea with canopy, struck under Herod Agrippa I
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 41–42
Mint: Judaea (Kingdom), Jerusalem
Dimensions
Diameter: 18.5 mm. Weight: 2.78 gm. Die Axis: 12
Accession Number
2004.1358
Medium or Technique
Bronze
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Obverse: Canopy or umbrella.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Three ears of corn springing out of two stylized leaves.
L.(Greek letter) (“Year 6”)
Struck under Agrippa I.
Provenance
Collected 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.
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse