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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Judaea & Palestine| > JD97072
Judah (Yehud), Macedonian or Ptolemaic Rule, Satrap Hezekiah, c. 333 - 302 B.C.
|Judaea| |&| |Palestine|, |Judah| |(Yehud),| |Macedonian| |or| |Ptolemaic| |Rule,| |Satrap| |Hezekiah,| |c.| |333| |-| |302| |B.C.|, Josephus identifies Hezekiah as the High Priest of the Jews who offered friendship to Ptolemy I after his conquest of Palestine. Josephus mentions Hezekiah was sixty years old at the time of Ptolemy. It was common for obverse dies in this series to have been used after they were completely deteriorated (see J.-P. Fontanille, "Extreme Deterioration and Damage on Yehud Coin Dies," INR 3 [2008], pp. 45-50).
JD97072. Silver quarter obol, Hendin 6064; Meshorer TJC 24; Mildenberg Yehud pl. 22, 19; HGC 10 451 (R1), aVF, toned, off center, light scratches, die wear, porous, Jerusalem(?) mint, weight 0.222g, maximum diameter 7.3mm, c. 333 - 302 B.C.; obverse male head left; reverse forepart of winged and horned lynx left, Aramaic inscription lower right: YHZQYH (Hezekiah); ex Shick Coins; rare; SOLD











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