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Jewish Coinage
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Alexander Jannaeus, AE Prutah, 103-76 BC, Judea
YHWNTN / HKHNHG / DLWHBR / YH (Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council
of the Je[ws])
Paleo-Hebrew legend in five lines, enclosed within wreath
(No legend)
Double-cornucopiae, pomegranate between
15mm x 16mm, 1.76g
Hendin 473; Meshorer Series Ea
Ex USA Federal Bureau of Investigations, September 2006; Ex Capital
Collectibles (seized assets)
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Alexander Janneus, AE Prutah, 103-76 BC, Judea
BASILEWS ALEXANDROU
Legend around anchor
(Hebrew inscription for Yehonatan the King)
Wheel with eight ray-like spokes, legend between rays
13mm x 15mm, 1.72g
Sear GCV, Vol II, 6087
Ex USA Federal Bureau of Investigations, September 2006; Ex Capital
Collectibles (seized assets)
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Alexander Janneus, AE Prutah, 103-76 BC, Judea
BASILEWS ALEXANDROU
Legend around anchor
(Hebrew inscription for Yehonatan the King)
Wheel with eight ray-like spokes, legend between rays
14mm x 15mm, 2.00g
Sear GCV, Vol II, 6087
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Bar Cochba War, AR Zuz, 134-135, Judea
SMWN (Hebrew scrip - Shimon)
Bunch of grapes
LHRWT YRWSLM (Hebrew script - For the Freedom of Jerusalem)
Kinor (lyre) with three strings
20mm, 3.94g
Meshorer, Vol II, 57b; Hendin 734
Ex USA Federal Bureau of Investigations, September 2006; Ex Capital
Collectibles (seized assets)
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Autonomous Issue, AE Minima, 1st-2nd Century AD, Judea-Caesarea (Jewish War Imitative Type)
(No legend)
Fig (?) leaf, star with six rays in left field
(No legend)
Amphora, X pattern of five dots in right field, all in dotted border
13mm x 15mm, 1.26g
Meshorer, Vol II, Supplement VI, No. 4 variant, p.286, Plate 34
Note: All of the minimae in Meshorer are in the range of 0.95-0.55 with the exception of No. 12, which is 1.60g and of a type with Roman bust
obverse.
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