2844 - Jerusalem (John Hyrcanus II) (AE double cornucopia/legend) over Alexander Jannaeus (anchor/lily flower) (Gemini, 5, Jan. 2009, 164)

76 BCE - 67 BCE | "YNTN HKHN HGDLWḤBR HYHWDYM": transcription from paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews"

Images

Overstriking coin

2844_-_Jerusalem_(John_Hyrcanus_II).png [1]

Overstruck variety

Alexander Jannaeus (anchor-lily flower) .jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gemini, 5, 6 Jan. 2009, 164.

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Two cornucopias, ornemented with ribbons, surrounding a pomegranate.

Reverse:

"YNTN HKHN HGDLWḤBR HYHWDYM": transcription from paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" (Hebrew) Legend within wreath.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Jerusalem

Ancient region

Judaea

Modern country: Israel

Authority:

Hasmonean kingdom (c. 140-37 BCE), John Hyrcanus II (Jewish High Priest, Hasmonean king and ethnarch of Judea, 67-40 BCE)

Chronology

From 76 BCE to 67 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 2.272.27 g <br />2,270 mg <br />	Denomination: prutah

References

Coin reference:		Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Hendin 2001, n° 1159-61, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 10, n° 638-642.
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/jerusalem.salome alexandra.hendin.2010.1159-1161

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Anchor surrounded by circle.

Reverse:

HMLKYHWNTN: paleo-Hebrew script (Hebrew) Lily flower surrounded by circle of dots.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Jerusalem

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Judaea

Modern country: Israel

Authority ^ᵖ:

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

Chronology

From 104 BCE to 76 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

prutah

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Meshorer 1982, vol. 1, p. 69, 118, Group Aa, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Hendin 2001, n° 1148
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/jerusalem.alexander jannaeus.hendin.2010.1148-1149

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"clearly overstruck upon Anchor side of Jannaeus coin type TJC type N, Hendin 467"

References

a b Hendin, David (2001), Guide to Biblical Coins, 4th edition, Ampora, New York, 511 p., 38 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.
^ Meshorer, Ya'akov (1982), Ancient Jewish coinage, Ampora, New York, 2 vol.