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.