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Double Prutah - John Hyrcanus I
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 134 BC - 104 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Hendin 5th#1136 |
| Obverse description | Central device of a double cornucopia with both horns oriented in the same direction, their tips curving outward and adorned with decorative ribbons tied at the base. A small pomegranate is visible between the horns in the lower field. The Hebrew inscription surrounds the central device, arranged in two concentric registers filling the field around the cornucopiae. The flan is irregular and the strike uneven, consistent with hand-hammered Hasmonean bronze coinage of the late second century BC. |
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| Obverse lettering | יהוחנן הכהן הגדל ראש חבר היהודים (Translation: Yehohanan the High Priest and head of the Council of the Jews) |
| Reverse description | Facing helmet with a prominent decorative crest, rendered in low relief with simplified facial features visible beneath the visor. The helmet is depicted frontally, a relatively uncommon orientation for Hasmonean coinage, and is surrounded by a border of dots defining the coin's perimeter. The reverse field is otherwise plain, the design occupying the central portion of the flan. The strike is moderately flat, characteristic of the hand-hammered technique employed for this series. |
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