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Judaea, Alexander Jannaeus, TJC L5
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Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 103-76 BC
AE - Lepton, 11.1mm, 1.67g
Jerusalem, 78 BC
obv. BASILEWS ALEZANDROY around
Anchor in circle line, at the points L KE (= year 25)
rev. Eight pointed star in dotted circle, Paleo-Hebrew legend around (like Hendin 471)
ref. GBC5 1153; GBC4 472; AJC Cd6; TJC L5
about VF
The lepton Hendin 472 differs from Hendin 471 by its cruder, more 'barbarous' style, thick anchor and circle-line, legends illegible.
This is the so-called 'widow's mite' (see Mk. 12, 41ff).
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