Description
RULER | Alexander Jannaeus |
DATE | 103 – 76 BC, Judaea |
DENOMINATION | Prutah |
MATERIAL | Bronze, AE |
SIZE & WEIGHT | 12 mm, 2,09 gr |
OBVERSE | Hebrew inscription (Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews) of the cursive style script, in wreath |
REVERSE | Double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons; pomegranate between horns |
REFERENCES | Hendin 475, Meshorer 17 |
PROVENANCE | Ex English private collection, acquired before 1970 |