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. The letters are crude, and the letter Hei in that type is designed differently from the other coins of Hyrcanus. Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns.
134-105 B.C.E. 1.63 grams, 14 mm, axis 1. For similar examples cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 12-15 sub-group E.
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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. The letters are crude, and the letter Hei in that type is designed differently from the other coins of Hyrcanus. Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns.
134-105 B.C.E. 1.63 grams, 14 mm, axis 1. For similar examples cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 12-15 sub-group E.
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