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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     756832      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Ancient East Region:     JUDAEA City:     Hasmonaean Dynasty Issuer:     John Hyrcanus I Date Ruled:     135-104 BCE Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Half-Prutah - Lepton Date Struck:     BC 135-104 Diameter:     11 mm Weight:     0.94 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Description:     'Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' in Aramaic, upright palm branch Reverse Description:     Flowering lily between grain ears Primary Reference:     Meshorer Group C Reference2:     Hendin 458 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=68060 Grade:     Good VF, dark green patina with earthen encrustation Notes:     Choice for issue. A number of types traditionally attributed to Hyrcanus II (63-40 BCE) have been re-attributed to his ancestor Yehohanan Hyrcanus, on the basis of the inscriptions which refer to him as "High Priest of the Jews", not King, a title established by Yehudah Aristobulus (104-103 BCE). These coins are thus the earliest coinage of an independent Jewish state.

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