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<p>[QUOTE="danielf, post: 533938, member: 16708"]Ruben,</p><p>Interesting that you chose the Hendin 496 (Herod) coin to compare it to. That one clearly is a palm whereas fastfun's coin has a menorah (a real Jewish symbol). I would have compare it to the Antigonus coin with the menorah, Hendin 485: <a href="http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/h_485.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/h_485.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/h_485.htm</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>I love the stories behind those Antigonus coins too. He was so on the edge at the time, doing things that were probably as likely to be repulsive to his constituents as it was to be a symbol that they would appreciate. He was trying to win the hearts and minds of his fellow Jews by saying that he was Jewish, unlike his competitor, Herod. But by depicting a symbol from the Temple, he was violating a law that is kept to this very day.</p><p><br /></p><p>-Daniel[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="danielf, post: 533938, member: 16708"]Ruben, Interesting that you chose the Hendin 496 (Herod) coin to compare it to. That one clearly is a palm whereas fastfun's coin has a menorah (a real Jewish symbol). I would have compare it to the Antigonus coin with the menorah, Hendin 485: [url]http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/h_485.htm[/url] I love the stories behind those Antigonus coins too. He was so on the edge at the time, doing things that were probably as likely to be repulsive to his constituents as it was to be a symbol that they would appreciate. He was trying to win the hearts and minds of his fellow Jews by saying that he was Jewish, unlike his competitor, Herod. But by depicting a symbol from the Temple, he was violating a law that is kept to this very day. -Daniel[/QUOTE]
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