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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 8137678, member: 92212&quot;]Me too!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Me too! And it may interest you to know that those designs were borrowed from ancient coins issued in Judaea approximately 2000 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anchors appear on many early Judean types. Here is one on a coin of Alexander Jannaeus or his successors:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418231[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Grapes likewise appear on many types (even up to the Bar Kochba Revolt). Here is a grape bunch on a coin of Herod Archelaus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418232[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of grapes... here is a grape leaf on a coin from the 2nd year of the First Jewish Revolt:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418233[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an amphora from a coin of Valerius Gratus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418234[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A lone palm tree appears on several ancient types from Judaea. Here is one from Coponius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418236[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Three ears of grain appear on at least two types. The coin below was issued by Herod Agrippa I:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418237[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a musical lyre on a &quot;zuz&quot; from the Bar Kochba Revolt:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418238[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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