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.. Herod Type 4: Palm branch/aphlaston (GBC 489 - TJC 47) .. 134 specimens listed . THE 3 BEST SPECIMENS
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. 1. Obverse die This coin type has been struck by a single obverse die. .. 2. Reverse dies .
Die
R1: Very
small
date & monogram
Die R1 recut, or tooled:
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Die
R2:
Large
date & monogram
....... Die
R3:
Important Variety:
The letter "O" was added later and inlaid below the line
Meshorer in TJC: "During the process of cutting the dies two errors occurred that have been corrected: the letter "O" was added later and inlaid below the line. The date and monogram were added also later but since no sufficient space was left, they are extremely small"
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