Herod Agrippa Coin. Please Help To Identify Details

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moultan New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 06/17/2013 09:04 am I've recently gotten this coin. My understanding it's Herod Agrippa, struck about 40 BCE. Obv. Tripod, ceremonial bowl above, Date Year 3. Rev. Military helmet, facing wreath featuring acanthus leaf around (?). That's my question: I checked in different sources and found that most of these Herod coins has on Obv. Canopy with fringes with legend around and Rev. Three ears of grain. Mine is different. I couldn't find the similar coin. So, could somebody help me to identify if this very rear coin and and appox. value. Thanks a lot for all help. ? Edited by moultan 06/17/2013 09:06 am Report this Post to the Staff

Jimbo777 Valued Member United Kingdom 201 Posts	Posted 06/17/2013 10:01 am Hi, This coin appears to be Herod the great and not Herod Agrippa. Herod the great ruled from about 37BCE to his death 4BCE. It is very difficult to tell what the reverse is because it is both worn and offstruck however it could be the military helmet reverse. I am afraid I dont know enough about his coins to say how rare or valuable it is. Report this Post to the Staff
augustus1 Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 06/17/2013 12:42 pm It is a Herod the Great, 8 prutot piece. Unfortunately, the reverse is very off-center, severely reducing the value. Report this Post to the Staff
moultan New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 06/17/2013 4:40 pm Thank you very much. With this issue reduced the value, what it still be? Thanks again Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5181 Posts	Posted 06/17/2013 10:41 pm Completely unrelated, but made me wonder: what is the meaning of the sign just right of the tripod on the obverse? I'm wondering because it's pretty much the same sign (or fairly close to it anyway) as I've seen on Arcadius coins, where it's some kind of "christogram" - however that would be a bit out of place on a coin minted before Christ Report this Post to the Staff
Jimbo777 Valued Member United Kingdom 201 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 04:01 am Yes I agree it is very interesting. Sort of looks a bit like an Egyptian ankh. The best information I can find is that its a monogram of the letters T and P but no explanation of what these letters mean. Report this Post to the Staff
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