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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)


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)


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


Judea, Valerius Gratus, Reign of Tiberius, AE Prutah, 15-26 AD, Year 4, Caesarea Mint
IOVΛIA
Branch with large vine leaf and bunch of grapes
(No legend)
Vertical amphora with scroll handles on base 
L | Δ across fields
15mm x 16mm, 2.06g
Hendin 643; Meshorer 326a


Porcius Festus, Reign of Nero, AE Prutah, 59-62 AD, Judea
NER / wNO / C
Legend in three lines within laurel wreath
L . C . KAIC_APOC
Vertical grain of barley 
16mm x 17mm, 2.62g
Hendin 118; Meshorer 234
Ex Keith Emmett Collection; Ex Simon Cordova, June 1985


Porcius Festus, Reign of Nero, AE Prutah, 59-62 AD, Judea
NEP / ωNO / C
Legend in three lines within laurel wreath
L . C . KAIC_APOC
Vertical grain of barley 
15mm x 17mm, 2.15g
Hendin 118; Meshorer 234


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)


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.