"Judaea, Herodian Kingdom. Herod I. 40-4 B.C.E. AE half-prutah or lepton (12.8 mm, .80 g, 1 h). Jerusalem mint, struck after 10 B.C.E. BACI - HPωΔ, single upright cornucopiae divides name, vertically upwards to left and right, all within dotted border / anepigraphic, Eagle, wings closed, standing right within dotted border. SNG ANS VI 220-226; Mesh AJC 23. Good VF for type, struck somewhat (15%) off-center, both sides, losing some border and crowding obverse device and legend, prominent casting pontil at 9:00, rim splits at 10:00 & 7:00; scant ochre deposits over dark olive patina. Scarce.

This is one of the infrequent uses of a single cornucopiae to indicate a half-unit of the ubiquitous crossed cornucopiae prutot. The eagle is also very seldom seen on Judean coins. This may be a self-promoting symbol of the ultimately highly unpopular golden eagle Herod erected above the doorway of the temple"