Identification Prutah of the Hasmonean Dynasty

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  1. matheus

    matheus Member

    Greetings! I would like some help identifying this Prutah.

    Thank you very much!

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  3. GinoLR

    GinoLR Well-Known Member

    I think the right die orientation is 6 h :
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    There are only a few letters readable from the end of the reverse legend, but the name of the high priest was in the beginning...

    From the few letters I can read, I think your coin is probably the same as this one :
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    Judaea, John Hyrcanus I. Bronze Prutah; Judaea, John Hyrcanus I; 135-104 BC, Prutah, 1.60g. Hendin-6171. Obv: Paleo-Hebrew inscription "Yehohanan the high priest and the council of the Jews" within wreath. Rx: Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between. (Harlan J. Berk, Buy or Bid Sale 223, 362)
     
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