YEHUD AR QUARTER MA'AH, UNDER PTOLEMY II, CIRCA. EARLY 3rd CENTURY B.C.E.
Hendin 6081, TJC 32, Very Fine, edge chip, 7.2mm, .19 gram
Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right
Reverse: Eagle standing on thunderbolt to left, YHDH (for Yehud or Yehuda (Judaea)) upward in left field
Nice SHARP coin! Struck under Ptolemy II who commissioned the Septuagint, the translation of the Torah into Greek.
Ex: Jean-Philippe Fontanille Collection, Montreal QC
