Hasmonean Kings

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Looks great!

 

Nice collection!

 

wonderful (coins & poster, as usual!)

 

Great collection, and another beautiful presentation!

 

Nice coins and display DR.

 

Yeah buddy!

Deacon Ray, those are some awesome Hasmonean coins! Your collection amazes me. You always know how to pick the best coins that represent Biblical times, places and people.

Keep up the great work!

Erin

 

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Beautiful @Deacon Ray !

 

I wish I had the imagination, creativity, skill, patience, time, patience, focus.......and did I say patience?.....to do something like this.

You have taken coins, that I normally overlook, and made me look.....and learn.

Nice presentation.

 

Those look great. Nice patina variety.

 

Great presentation @Deacon Ray . All of those are very nice examples of the type! I especially like the Hendin 1131 struck under Antiochos VII. There is some fascinating history surrounding that coin and the brief reoccupation of Jerusalem by the Seleucids. I think my next Hasmonean will be one of the type.

Here is my example of Hendin 1132 that I'm sure you all have seen by now!


https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-jewish-coin-and-its-modern-descendent.292881/

And here are a few pictures from places with a Hasmonean connection that some of you may not have seen yet

Part of the original Hasmonean walls of Jerusalem.

While it's more famous as Herod's palace and as the place of the last stand of the Sicarii the fortress of Mesada started as a Hasmonean Fortress.

 

Thank you for the excellent post, Curtisimo! Your photos are great! The Hendin 1131 (Lily prutah) is one of my favorites also. Most of these came from the L. Alexander Wolfe company.

 

Please Curtis, where is Masada's model (Jerusalem or Masada)? Looks awesome!!

 

It's at the site of Masada. They have a very comfortable visitors center there with some surprisingly good Israeli food surprising because Masada really feels like it's in the middle of nowhere.


I think it's really helpful when sites and museums like this have models to help you get a sense of place. Though not as helpful as some of those virtual models you have linked me to in the past

 

Cool! Thank you very much, mate!! I have Masada at the "Top 5" of my future trips!!!

 

All I can say is WOW! When I visit an ancient site I like to sit down and listen and try to hear the voices of the ancient people who were once there.

If I were to say that on any other forum—they would think I am crazy

 

Amazing photos/posts!!!

How about a birds-eye view of a Roman camp outside Masada

The view from the walls of Masada: ruins of one of the eight camps the Romans built surrounding the mountain citadel, and from which they organized the building of a ramp and the eventual attack on Masada.

 

Wow Mikey! Is that your pic? Very nice!

 

Great pics, and it is always cool to pull all the pieces together to really "feel" what went on at the site so long ago...