Judaea, Herod I the Great. Half-Prutah

Judaea, Herod I the Great; 40-4 BC, Jerusalem, ca. 37-4 BC, Half Prutah, 1.0g. Hendin-6221c, Meshorer-66, HGC-10, 669, RPC-I 4909. Obv. ΒΑCIΛ HPⲰΔ flanks cornucopias. Rx. Eagle standing right. Double struck. Ex coll. of David Hendin.This eagle is rather sharp for issue, which probably is never known with detail in the eagle's image. It is, of course, an image of a historic figure that was placed over the temple in Jerusalem. gVF