Hello! I recently bought my first ancient Judaean coins recently and wanted to share and ask for advise. They're all pretty rough but it was a pretty nice deal and I like a good challenge. AE Prutah issued under Alexander Jannaeus, King of the Hasmonean Dynasty 103-76 BC 1.88g 14mm Alexander Jannaeus was the second ruler of the Hasmonean Dynasty, a kingdom that began its rule over the Judea region on behalf and under the Seleucid Empire. By the time Alexander began his rule in 103 BC, however, the Hasmoneans ruled independently. Alexander was a great warrior king and spent most of his rule engaged in battle and eventually died at siege. And now that I've got you, I'd like to request help on these three coins. I believe that the first one, the smallest, is a widow's mite but it is lacking a lot of detail and was very hard to photo.
Your first one is like this: Alexander Jannaeus, 104-76 BC Hasmonean Dynasty (Yehonatan) Prutah, Dated RY 25 (80/79 BCE) Obverse: Legend around eight-rayed star. Reverse: Upright anchor within circle; K LE (date; K retrograde) below flukes. Denomination: Prutah (Widow's Mite) Weight: 0.9 g Diameter: 13 x 11.2mm Attribution: Hendin 1152
And your second one is like @chrsmat71's HEROD AGRIPPA, PRUTAH 37-44 AD Obverse: Umbrella-like canopy with fringes. Reverse: Three ears of barley between two leaves, flanked by L - ς (year 6), 41/42 AD. Attribution: Hendin 1244
Incredible! Thank you for the help and assistance in these. They're incredible coins but these are unfortunately in pretty poor shape.
I just found this on Wikipedia and I thought it looked very close to mine, down to where I can see the BACIL in the obverse matched on mine. I have questions about the Wikipedia details, however. "HERODIAN KINGS of JUDAEA. Agrippa I. 37-44 CE. Æ Prutah (16mm, 2.67 gm). Dated year 6 (41/2) CE. BACILEWC AGRIPA, umbrella-like canopy / Three ears of barley between L S (date).Hendin 553" If I'm reading it right, the L S on either sides of the barley ears indicates year 6 = 41/42 AD. I can see the L S on my coin so is that the date?
