Description

Ptolemy I, 305-282 BCE. AR-Hemiobol, Jerusalem; 0,24 g.

Plain (?)//YHZQYH left of an owl standing to r., head facing; its feathers around its head form a nimbus-like object, HR?H (Yehezeqiyah the governour) to the right of it. Hendin no. 1069; Meshorer, Treasury 199 no. 22.

Very rare in this nice state of preservation. Obv. plain as usual; rev. very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 4.

It is worth considering whether the mentioned governor Yehezeqiyah is to be identified with the high priest ?ζεκ?ας mentioned by Josephus, Contra Apionem I 22, 9.