Lot 5
Judaea, Yehud (Judah). Silver 1/2 Gerah (0.33 g), ca. 375-332 BCE. Lily. Rev. 'YHD' (Yehud), falcon with wings displayed, head turned to right. (TJC 15; Hendin 1060). Darkly toned. Unusually well centered. Among the finest in existence. Extremely fine. Estimate $2,500UP
Ex Dr. Jonathan A. Herbst Collection (Superior, 8-9 December 1995), lot 1058.
The obverse of this coin proudly identifies itself as produced in Jerusalem through the prominent lily type. This became so well estab-lished as the badge of the city and its local rulers that it appeared on later Seleukid coins struck by the High Priest John Hyrcanus I for Antiochos VII Sidetes in 132-130 BCE, and Hyrcanus' descendant, the Priest-King Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE).
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