Lepton

Herod I
Greek
Judea
Palestine
Asia Minor
Middle East

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37-4 BCE

Bronze

Weight: 2.04 g

Diameter: 5/8 in. (16.2 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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