Prutah (Coin) Depicting an Inscription within wreath
Hasmonean Dynasty (between 135 BCE-35 BCE)
- Medium
- Bronze
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 1.5 cm (5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Israel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a Paleo-Hebrew inscription within a wreath. The back (reverse) shows two cornucopias splayed outward with a pomegranate/poppy between.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
