3504 - Jerusalem (John Hyrcanus I) (AE double cornucopia/legend) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 335, Sept. 2014, 246)

135 BCE - 104 BCE | "YHWHNN HKHN HGDL WḤBR HYHWDYM": transcription from paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yehohanan the High Priest and of the Council of the Jews"

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 335, 20 Sept. 2014, 246.
Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	P. H. C. Tan collection

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Two cornucopias, ornemented with ribbons, surrounding a pomegranate.

Reverse:

"YHWHNN HKHN HGDL WḤBR HYHWDYM": transcription from paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yehohanan the High Priest and of 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 I (Hasmonean leader and Jewish high priest, c. 134-104 BCE)

Chronology

From 135 BCE to 104 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 1.61.6 g <br />1,600 mg <br />	Denomination: prutah	Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />

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.]]1Meshorer 2001, Group T, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Hendin 2001, n° 1132a (double struck reverse), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 10, n° 642.
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/jerusalem.john hyrcanus i.hendin.2010.1132-1133.1135.1137.1139-1141

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"Overstruck."

References

^ 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.
^ 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.