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Author Topic: Bronze Prutah Unsure of King  (Read 2283 times)

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Aidan R

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Bronze Prutah Unsure of King
« on: October 15, 2017, 05:26:21 pm »
I have a bronze prutah but I cannot seem to figure out the king. It is a cornucopia type and is about 14 mm. I posted this in the Identification Help section, but then I remember I could post it in here as well.

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Re: Bronze Prutah Unsure of King
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2017, 05:29:59 pm »
This is a prutah of John Hyrcanus I (Yehochanan).

[Y]HWḤNN
[H]KHN HG
DL HḤBR
HYHD[YM]


"John [the] High Pritah and the Council (Ḥever) of the Je[ws]"

Most of the inscription is intact. A couple letters were off-struck. The end of the word HYHD[YM] ("the Jews") was not engraved on the die due to lack of space.
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היינו דאמרי אינשי: טבא חדא פילפלתא חריפתא ממלי צנא קרי

Aidan R

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Re: Bronze Prutah Unsure of King
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2017, 05:58:46 pm »
Thank you so much!

 

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