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Message:: [QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2155123, member: 74282"]I picked this up a few weeks ago from a dealer in Israel and after a weeklong delay for IAA export approval and a few more weeks for shipping and customs it finally arrived over the weekend. This particular prutah is thought to be possibly the first type of independent Jewish coinage, shortly after the death of Antiochus VII. Once again, I shot for an example with sharp paleo-Hebrew legends and I think I did really well on this one. The "A" may seem a bit out of place, but from what I have read it symbolizes some kind of agreement made with the Seleucids. I actually have two photos to post below, with the second one being a sort-of annotated photo that makes the legends and the start of each word a bit clear. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/krS6h21.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/hGBP7wF.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Full ID: Hasmonian Kingdom of Judaea, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. 135-104 BC. Obverse: 'A' monogram, YHO(HH)NN("Yehochanan") H("the") KHN("Priest") H("the") GDL("high") W("and") (HH)BR("Council") H("the") YHWDYM("Jews") Paleo-hebrew within wreath. Reverse: Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, border of dots. Jerusalem mint. Hendin 1132. Meshorer TJC A[/QUOTE]