I've had this coin for about a month now and I couldn't figure out for the life of me what it was. I got frustrated and finally put it away for a bit, to come back another day when I could devote more time to it. Fast forward to this afternoon. I saw a new thread from @Deacon Ray regarding some new Judean coins ( https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-row-of-coins-for-my-judaean-poster.322142/ ) and what should I see but a coin that seems to match my mystery coin. I looked it up and I believe it to be pretty a pretty close match. I'm not sure if it is the exact same type of coin but I'm pretty sure it is from the same ruler. John Hyrcanus 134-104 BC
Nice! That's really cool that you could identify a coin like that, definitely looks like a hard one to do that with!
Thanks! Probably wouldn't have figured it out if it weren't for the thread today It was really stumping me.
It is not cheating to accept help from Lady Luck. You also could have asked Deacon Ray for a hint since it is his sort of coin.
You might like this article... Reading Judean Coins To Identify and Understand Them http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Reading Judean Coins
I will take all the help I can get To be fair, I believe that this was the first post of Deacon Ray's that I have seen. Just happened to get lucky. Perhaps I need to go get a lottery ticket haha.
Congratulations on a great coin @furryfrog02 . I find these John Hyrcanus coins fascinating. Here is mine. Hasmonean Dynasty of Judea John Hyrcanus I, 134-104 BC AE Prutah, Jerusalem mint, struck ca. 129-122 BC Wt.: 1.82 g Dia.: 15 mm Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath; Greek letter alpha above Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns Ref.: Hendin 1132 Write up: The First Jewish Coin and its Modern Descendant