Catalog - Catalog 334

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Half-Prutah, Jerusalem; 0,99 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL above a palm frond, W??R HYHWDYM below it (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council)//A blossom of a lily flanked by two ears of grain, A in the l. field. Hendin no. 1134; Meshorer, Treasury 203 Group C.

Good fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 61.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Half-Prutah, Jerusalem; 0,78 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL above a palm frond, W??R HYHWDYM below it (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council)//A blossom of a lily flanked by two ears of grain. Hendin no. 1134a; Meshorer, Treasury 203 Group C.

Good fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 62.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Half-Prutah, Jerusalem; 0,96 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL above a palm frond, W??R HYHWDYM below it (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council)//A blossom of a lily flanked by two ears of grain. Hendin no. 1134a; Meshorer, Treasury 203 Group C.

Good fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 63.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 1,9 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL W??R HYDM (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) written in wedge style characters within a wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate. Hendin no. 1135; Meshorer, Treasury 203 f. Group D (schematic style).

Good fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 64.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,37 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL W??R HYDM (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) written in wedge style characters within a wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate; monogram of A and Π in the l. field. Hendin no. 1135; Meshorer, Treasury 203 f. Group D (schematic style).

Very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 65.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Double Prutah, Jerusalem (Samaria?); 4,5 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL R’Š ??R HYHWDYM (Yehohanan the High Priest and head of the Jews’ Council) around two slightly overlaid cornucopiae adorned with ribbons//A Macedonian helmet with a conspicuous crest and cheek guards to r., in the lower l. field the Greek character Δ is visible. Hendin no. 1136; Meshorer, Treasury 207 Group H.

An extremely rare coin in an extraordinary beautiful state of preservation. Fine/very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 67.

Cf. Meshorer, Treasury 36, where he characterised the helmet as a symbol of leadership and authority and asked the question whether it had to do with John’s new title of R’Š ??R HYHWDYM. Ch.-G. Schwentzel, Images du pouvoir et fonctions des souverains Hasmonéens, Revue Biblique 2009, 368-386, esp. 371 f. may be right, when he underlines that the helmet should be interpreted as a reference to the modern hellenistic weaponry of John’s Jewish army and to the king’s successful expansion that made him into a new David whose identification mark was the helmet. We may assume that this coin is a 'historical coin' minted for a specific event in John’s life.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,53 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL R’Š ??R HYHWDYM (Yehohanan the High Priest and head of the Jews’ Council) within a wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate; A in the r. field. Hendin no. 1137; Meshorer, Treasury 207 f. Group I.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 68.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,52 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL R’Š ??R HYHWDYM (Yehohanan the High Priest and head of the Jews’ Council) within a wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate; Δ in the r. field. Hendin no. 1137; Meshorer, Treasury 207 f. Group I.

Broad flan, perfectly centered, nearly very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 69.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,23 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) within a wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate. Hendin no. 1139; Meshorer, Treasury Group E.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 48.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,16 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) within a wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate. Hendin no. 1140; Meshorer, Treasury Group G.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 49.

John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 1,91 g.

YHW?NN HKHN HGDL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) within a wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate. Hendin no. 1141; Meshorer, Treasury Group F.

With remnant from a casting spur, darkly toned with sandy deposits in the recesses, very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 47.

Cf. Ch.-G. Schwentzel, Images du pouvoir et fonctions des souverains Hasmonéens, Revue Biblique 2009, 368-386, esp. 374: „Il s'agit d'un symbole de prospe?rite? et de fertilite? agricole, associé au souverain, pour signifier que celui-ci est le garant du bien-être de son peuple.“

Judas Aristobulos I, 104-103 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,33 g.

YHWD HKHN GDWL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehudah the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) in wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate. Hendin no. 1143; Meshorer, Treasury 217 Group U.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 45.

Judas Aristobulos I, 104-103 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 1,93 g.

YHWD HKHN GDWL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehudah the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) in wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate. Hendin no. 1143; Meshorer, Treasury 217 Group U.

Nearly very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 46.

Alexander Jannaeus, 104-76 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,11 g.

YHWNTN HKHN HGDL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehonatan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) in wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them pomegranate. Hendin no. 1144-1146; Meshorer, Treasury 211-217 Group P-T.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 28.

Alexander Jannaeus, 104-76 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,29 g.

YHWNTN HKHN HGDL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehonatan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) in wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them pomegranate. Hendin no. 1144-1146; Meshorer, Treasury 211-217 Group P-T.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 30.

Alexander Jannaeus, 104-76 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,48 g.

YHWNTN HKHN HGDL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehonatan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) in wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them pomegranate. Hendin no. 1144-1146; Meshorer, Treasury 211-217 Group P-T.

Very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 35.

On the rev. parts of the overstruck coin’s legend are still visible: [ΑΛΕΞ]ΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΒΑ[ΣΙΛΕΩΣ].

Alexander Jannaeus, 104-76 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,4 g.

YHWNTN HKHN HGDL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehonatan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) in wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them pomegranate. Hendin no. 1144-1146; Meshorer, Treasury 211-217 Group P-T.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 36.

Alexander Jannaeus, 104-76 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,13 g.

YHWNTN HKHN HGDL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehonatan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) in wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them pomegranate. Hendin no. 1144-1146; Meshorer, Treasury 211-217 Group P-T.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 38.

Alexander Jannaeus, 104-76 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,48 g.

YHWNTN HKHN HGDL W??R HYHWDYM (Yehonatan the High Priest and the Jews’ Council) in wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them pomegranate. Hendin no. 1144-1146; Meshorer, Treasury 211-217 Group P-T.

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 40.