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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Multatuli, post: 3204410, member: 89266&quot;]But I also have a Alexander Jannaeus&#039; prutah:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]830118[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bronze prutah, Hendin 1145, Meshorer TJC P, Meshorer AJC E, 1.92g, Jerusalem mint, obverse Hebrew inscription, Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews, within wreath; reverse double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns.</p><p>Despite the poor conservation, what I really like about this coin are the Aramaic legends.</p><p>And the reserse shows a pomegranate, that seems to have a strong symbolism in the Judaism: the fruits which the scouts brought to Moses to demonstrate the fertility of the &quot;promised land&quot;, or symbolize the mystical experience in the Jewish mystical tradition (kabbalah), and Some Jewish scholars believe the pomegranate was the f<span style="color: #000000">orbidden fruit </span>in the Garden of Eden.</p><p>But I wonder if the cornucopiae are in fact cornucopiae or crossed horns (shofar).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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