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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carl Wilmont, post: 4573127, member: 75496&quot;]<font size="5">Nice topic on ancient scripts, [USER=85272]@Dajo[/USER], and good posts above of various languages!&nbsp; [USER=44154]@Gil-galad[/USER], the Ancient Coin Visual Keyboard looks like a useful tool!</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">Paleo-Hebrew was featured in the original post, and below are: two additional examples of this script on prutot of John Hyrcanus (Yehohanan), the second one bearing the title of &quot;head of the council of the Jews&quot; along with &quot;High Priest;&quot; one with the Paleo-Hebrew script on a prutah of his oldest son, Judah Aristobulus I (Yehudah); and finally, three examples of <b>&quot;bilingual&quot;</b> coins which feature Paleo-Hebrew on the obverse and Greek on the reverse - two prutot of Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), and one 4-prutot of Mattathias Antigonus (Mattatayah), the last Hasmonean King.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1132279[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4">John Hyrcanus I (135-104 BC).&nbsp;&nbsp; AE Prutah.&nbsp; 12.6 mm, 2.11 g.&nbsp; Paleo-Hebrew <i>(Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews) </i>within wreath. / Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, border of dots.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hendin 1133 var.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1132283[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4">John Hyrcanus I (135-104 BC).&nbsp;&nbsp; AE Prutah.&nbsp; 1.49 g.&nbsp; Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, border of dots. / Paleo-Hebrew <i>(Yehohanan the High Priest and Head of the Council of the Jews) </i>within wreath. Hendin 1141.</font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1132317[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4">Judah Aristobulus I (104 BC).&nbsp; AE Prutah.&nbsp; 14.4 mm, 2.14 g.&nbsp; Paleo-Hebrew (Yehudah the High Priest and the Council of the Jews) within wreath. / Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, border of dots.&nbsp; Hendin 1143.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1132323[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4"> [ATTACH=full]1132324[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><br /></p><p>Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BC).&nbsp; AE Prutot.&nbsp; Left coin: 15.6 mm, 1.50 g; right coin 15.4 mm, 3.31 g.&nbsp; Paleo-Hebrew <i>(Yehonatan the King) </i>between the rays of star with eight rays within diadem. / Greek <i>(of King Alexander)</i> around inverted anchor. Hendin 1150.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1132329[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1132336[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4">Mattathias Antigonos (40-37 BC). AE 4-Prutot. 6.93 g. Jerusalem. Paleo-Hebrew (Mattatayah the High Priest) around cornucopia tied with ribbons, decorated with vine-leaf and grapes. </font><i><font size="5">/ </font></i><font size="4">Greek (abbreviated - <i>of King Antigonus</i>) in two lines within wreath, border of dots. Hendin 1163.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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