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0 - Alexander Jannaeus Prutah - H. 469This coin, minted under the reign of Alexander Jannaeus (103 BCE - 76 BCE), is a bronze prutah.
OBV. Upside-down achor reading BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔΡOY.
REV. Eight ponted star, letters in the spokes, reading 'Yehonatan the King'.Aarmale
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Alexander Jannaeus Hendin 474Hendin 474 - Alexander Jannaeus. 103-76 B.C.E. AE Prutah. Hebrew inscription (Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews - YHNTN HCHN HGDL V'chVR YHD[EM]) surrounded by wreath / Double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons; pomegranate between horns. Beautiful desert patina, full script. Aarmale
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Alexander Jannaeus Hendin 474Minted By: Alexander Jannaeus
In the name of: Alexander Jannaeus
Reference: Hendin 474
Obverse description: Within wreath, the Hebrew text “Jonathan the high priest and council of the Jews”
Obverse legend: Yehonatan HaKohen Gadol V'Ḥaver HaYehudim
Reverse description: Double cornucopiae, ribbons around, pomegranate between horns.
Year: Undated, between 103-76 BCE.
Its interesting that Gadol (high [priest], lit. "big") it spelled with a vav (GDOL), and not just GDL, like its commonly writen. Also, the vav in gadol usually occurs on prutot of Aristobulus.
Text is:
NOHY
GHNT
VHVLOD
YHRAarmale
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Alexander Jannaeus Prutah - Hendin 469This coin, minted under the reign of Alexander Jannaeus (103 BCE - 76 BCE), is a bronze prutah.
OBV. Upside-down achor reading BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞAN[ΔΡOY].
REV. Eight ponted star, letters in the spokes, reading 'Yehonatan the King' ([HaMelech] Yehona[tan]). Beautiful desert patina. Thick for a prutah.Aarmale
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Hyrcanus I AE prutahHendin 457. Hasmonian Kingdom of Judaea, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. 135-104 BC. Archaic Hebrew text within wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews / Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons and pomegranate between, Faded monogram to the bottom left. AJC I Group N.
Hyrcanus I really put the Hasmonean country on the map by conquering so much land around, making Judaea the biggest it has ever been, larger then during the reign of King Solomon.Aarmale
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Hyrcanus I Half-PrutahJohn Hyrcanus I, 135-104 B.C.E. AE Lepton (Half-prutah).
Obverse: Palm branch with fillet on top. In four lines of Ancient Hebrew, "John the High Priest and Council of the Jews." Reverse: Lily stemming from between two ears of corn; in left field, faint A monogram.
Meshorer 1 21. TJC pl. 10, C. Hendin 1134 (formerly Hendin 458).
Rare half-prutah. Ex. FORVM.Aarmale
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Judah (Yehudah) Aristobulus (TJC U, Hendin 1143)Judah (Yehudah) Aristobulus. 104-103 B.C.E. AE Prutah. Hebrew inscription (Yehudah the High Priest and the Council of the Jews) surrounded by wreath / Double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons; pomegranate between horns.
The script reads:
יהוד
ה כהן גד
ול וחבר
...
As with many other Yehudah coins, גדל is spelled as plene: גדולAarmale
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Judah (Yehudah) Aristobulus (TJC U, Hendin 1143)Judah (Yehudah) Aristobulus. 104-103 B.C.E. AE Prutah. Hebrew inscription (Yehudah the High Priest and the Council of the Jews) surrounded by wreath / Double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons; pomegranate between horns.
The script reads:
יהוד
ה כהן גד
ול וחבר
י]הוד]
ם
As with many other Yehudah coins, גדל is spelled as plene: גדולAarmale
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Judah (Yehudah) Aristobulus Hendin 465Hendin 465 - Judah (Yehudah) Aristobulus. 104-103 B.C.E. AE Prutah. Hebrew inscription (Yehudah the High Priest and the Council of the Jews -
YHNTN HCHN HGDL V'chVR YHDEM) surrounded by wreath / Non visible: Double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons; pomegranate between horns.
Script reads:
DUHY
DGNHKH
RB(CH)VLO
YDUHY
Interestingly, Gadol is spelt as GDOL, unlike the common GDL.Aarmale
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