Herod the Great. 40-4 BC. 2 prutot, 3.81g. (h). Judaea, Jerusalem. Obv: HP[Ω]ΔOY BACIΛE[Ω]C around closed diadem, cross within. Rx: Tripod table, flat object (vessel?) upon it, flanked by palm branches; no legend. Hendin 1178. Treasury 48. RPC 4905. Good VF.

The obverse seems to be explained by this quote from the Talmud: "In anointing kings one draws the figure of a crown [diadem, or in Hebrew nezer] and with the priest in the shape of the letter chi (X), R. Menashiah said: like a Greek chi" (Talmud K'rithoth 5b) .