A bronze coin of Alexander Jannaeus. obv: Anchor surrounded...
A bronze coin of Alexander Jannaeus. obv: Anchor surrounded by Greek inscription A[ΛEΞANΔPO]Y BAΣIΛEΩΣ (' of King Alexander'); flanking the anchor, the date L KE (year 25 = 78 B.C.E.). Rev.: Eight pointed Anchor surrounded by Aramaic inscription מלכא אלכסנדרוס שנת 25 (' The King Alexander year 25').
78 B.C.E. 1.30 grams, 15½ mm. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 26 sub-group L.
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A bronze coin of Alexander Jannaeus. obv: Anchor surrounded by Greek inscription A[ΛEΞANΔPO]Y BAΣIΛEΩΣ (' of King Alexander'); flanking the anchor, the date L KE (year 25 = 78 B.C.E.). Rev.: Eight pointed Anchor surrounded by Aramaic inscription מלכא אלכסנדרוס שנת 25 (' The King Alexander year 25').
78 B.C.E. 1.30 grams, 15½ mm. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 26 sub-group L.
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