- Object Name:
- Coin
- Title:
- Prutah of King Mattathias Antigonus
- Place Made:
- Jerusalem
- Date:
- 40-37 BCE
- Medium:
- Bronze
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Samuel Friedenberg Collection
- Accession Number:
- X1968-1
Not On View
This coin bears an image of the menorah, the seven-branched lampstand that stood in the Temple of Jerusalem until the building was destroyed in 70 CE. This is one of the rare depictions of the menorah to have been made while the Temple was still standing.
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