Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest and council of the Jews. Above it, the Greek letter A (Alpha). Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns. The inscription is complete and clear. 2.20 grams, 15 mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 5 sub-group A2. After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest and council of the Jews. Some of the letters are schematic, and the letter Nun is designed as a simple stroke (
).Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns. The inscription is complete and clear. 1.74 grams, 14 mm, axis 12. For a similar example see: Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 10 sub-group D4. After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest Head of the council of the Jews. The inscription is complete and clear. Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns. 2.08 grams, 15 mm, axis 12. For a similar example see: Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 19 sub-group I6. After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
Obv.: Palm branch (lulav) with a small ribbon tied at top, flanked by paleo-Hebrew inscription: Yehohanan the High Priest and council of the Jews. Rev.: Lily flower between two leaves. 1.03 grams, 12¼ mm, axis 9. For similar examples see: Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 24 sub-group J. After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest and council of the Jews. Above it, the Greek letter A (Alpha). The inscription is complete and clear. Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns. To right of the cornucopia are traces of an incuse cornucopia resulting in a brockage effect. 1.82 grams, 14 mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 5, sub-group A9. After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehonatan the High Priest and council of the Jews. Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns. 2.00 grams, 14¾ mm, axis 12. For similar examples see: Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 34-35 sub-group R. After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
obv: Traces of paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehonatan the High Priest and council of the Jews, over-struck on a previous coin depicting lily. Rev.: Traces of double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns. 2.45 grams, 15 mm. For similar examples see: Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 39 sub-group T After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
a. Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehonatan the High Priest and council of the Jews. The inscription is complete and clear. Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns. 1.57 grams, 12¾ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 28 sub-group P10 b. obv: Anchor surrounded by Greek inscription [AΛ]EΞANΔPOY BA[ΣIΛEΩΣ] (of King Alexander). Rev.: Lily flower surrounded by paleo-Hebrew inscription: Yehonatan the King. 2.69 grams, 14 mm, axis 12. For similar examples see: Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 27 sub-group N. c. A bronze prutah of Alexander Jannaeus. obv: Anchor surrounded by Greek inscription AΛEΞANΔPOY BA[Σ]IΛEΩΣ (of King Alexander). Rev.: Eight points star in diadem; between the rays, paleo-Hebrew inscription
(Yehonatan the King). 3.36 grams, 16 mm. Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 25 sub-group K3 After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
obv: Anchor surrounded by Greek inscription AΛEΞA[NΔP]OY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (of King Alexander). Rev.: Eight points star in diadem; between the rays, paleo-Hebrew inscription
(Yehonatan the King). 2.18 grams, 16 mm. Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 25 sub-group K3 After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
p>Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: Yehudah High Priest and council of Jews. The article letter He
is missing. Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns. 2.00 grams, 14 mm, axis 12, Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 40 sub-group U1 After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
The coins are including cornucopias, paleo-Hebrew inscriptions (‘Mattathias the High Priest’) and Greek inscriptions (‘of King Antigonus’). After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
The lot is including coins of John Hyrcanus, Alexander Jannaeus, Judah Aristobulus and Mattathias Antigonus. After the ‘Maccabaean Revolt’, the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
