A bronze prutah of John Hyrcanus. Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription...
A bronze prutah of John Hyrcanus. Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest and council of the Jews. Some of the letters are schematic, and the letter Nun is designed as a simple stroke. Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns.
134-105 B.C.E. 1.94 grams, 14 mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 11 sub-group D8
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A bronze prutah of John Hyrcanus. Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest and council of the Jews. Some of the letters are schematic, and the letter Nun is designed as a simple stroke. Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns.
134-105 B.C.E. 1.94 grams, 14 mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 11 sub-group D8