24590 - Jerusalem (Alexander Jannaeus) (AE star/anchor) over Alexander Jannaeus (legend/double cornucopia) (CNG, Keystone Auction 9, Jan. 2023, 86)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 24590

104 BCE - 76 BCEYHWNTN HMLK : paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yehonatan the King" | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

24590_-_Jerusalem_(Alexander_Jannaeus).jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, Keystone Auction 9, 18 Jan. 2023, 86.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the David Hendin Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

YHWNTN HMLK : paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yehonatan the King" (Hebrew) Star of eight rays within diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Anchor.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Jerusalem

Ancient regionAncient region.

Judaea

Modern countryModern country: Israel

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Alexander Jannaeus (Hasmonean king, 103-76 BC), Hasmonean kingdom (c. 140-37 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 104 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 76 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 1.671.67 g <br />1,670 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: prutah
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Hendin 20011Hendin 2001, n° 1150, Meshorer 20012Meshorer 2001, Group K, HGC 103HGC 10, n° 637.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/jerusalem.alexander jannaeus.hendin.2010.1150-1154

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Paleo-Hebrew legend within wreath (Hebrew)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, border of dots

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Jerusalem

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Judaea

Modern countryModern country: Israel

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Alexander Jannaeus (Hasmonean king, 103-76 BC), Hasmonean kingdom (c. 140-37 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 104 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 76 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

prutah

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Hendin 20011Hendin 2001, 1144-1146 or 1156
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/jerusalem.alexander jannaeus.hendin.2010.1144-1146?lang=en https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/jerusalem.alexander jannaeus.hendin.2010.1156?lang=en

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an earlier Hasmonean coin with part of the wreath is visible on the obverse."

References

a b Hendin, David (2001), Guide to Biblical Coins, 4th edition, Ampora, New York, 511 p., 38 pl.
^ Meshorer, Ya'akov (2001), A Treasury of Jewish Coins, from the Persian Period to Bar Kokhba, Yad Ben-Zvi Press ; Amphora Books, New York, 356 p., 80 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.