Judea, AE Prutah, Mattathias Antigonus, 40-37 BCE 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3924101
Area
Coins
Title
Judea, AE Prutah, Mattathias Antigonus, 40-37 BCE
Country
Judea
Face value
AE Prutah
Year
-38
Variety / overstrike
Era
Judea - Hasmonean (140-40 BC)
Head of State
Mattathias Antigonus 40-37 BC
Type
Coin
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Bronze
Weight
Diameter
14
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Hebreeuws ‘Mattatayah’ in krans
Reverse
Dubbele hoorn van overvloed, graanaar tussen hoorns
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Hendin 1164 (IV 483)
Details
The letters (MTTYH) are a bit "retrograde", or out of order (TTMHY) and flipped sideways (MH) or vertical (Y). It has been suggested that the reason was to avoid writing the 1st two letters of G-d's name (YH) properly on the second line, which may have been forbidden on a mundane object such as a coin", or the retrograde lettering may have just resulted from an inexperienced engraver.