Description
RULER | Alexander Jannaeus |
DATE | 103 – 76 BC, Judaea |
DENOMINATION | Prutah |
MATERIAL | Bronze, AE |
SIZE & WEIGHT | 13 mm, 2,15 gr |
OBVERSE | Archaic Hebrew inscription, “Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews”, surrounded by wreath |
REVERSE | Double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons and pomegranate between |
REFERENCES | Hendin 473-474 |
PROVENANCE | Ex English private collection, acquired before 1970 |