Lepton
Herod I
Greek
Judea
Palestine
Asia Minor
Middle East
37-4 BCE
Bronze
Overall: 9/16 in. (14 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906
157.25.29746
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Israel, West Asia, Asia
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Inscription within wreath Reverse: Caduceus between two cornuacopiae
Provenance
Collected by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957, Class of 1906), Hanover, New Hampshire; given by his Estate to present collection, 1957.
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