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<p>[QUOTE="Deacon Ray, post: 3253585, member: 81896"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="7"><span style="color: #ff0000">T</span></font><font size="4">his is a rather rare Judaean coin by comparison to the many coins of John Hyrcanus (I). I was fortunate to acquire one with excellent centering of inscription and devices. I always assumed John Hyrcanus II was the son of John Hyrcanus (<i>the first</i>) but that was not the case. I had the lineage chronology wrong. He was the son of Alexander Jannaeus. <i>Anyway, as I will continue to say</i>—I’m not an expert—I’m just a guy who wants to hold in his hands the coins from the land where Jesus walked.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]854323[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #00b300">This excellent coin was purchased from the always helpful and superb Mr. Chip Vaughn of </span></font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #00b300"><b>Vaughn Rare Coin Gallery</b>. </span></font></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Deacon Ray, post: 3253585, member: 81896"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=7][COLOR=#ff0000]T[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4]his is a rather rare Judaean coin by comparison to the many coins of John Hyrcanus (I). I was fortunate to acquire one with excellent centering of inscription and devices. I always assumed John Hyrcanus II was the son of John Hyrcanus ([I]the first[/I]) but that was not the case. I had the lineage chronology wrong. He was the son of Alexander Jannaeus. [I]Anyway, as I will continue to say[/I]—I’m not an expert—I’m just a guy who wants to hold in his hands the coins from the land where Jesus walked. [ATTACH=full]854323[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER][SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#00b300]This excellent coin was purchased from the always helpful and superb Mr. Chip Vaughn of [B]Vaughn Rare Coin Gallery[/B]. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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