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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5641408, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you for the info - and, wow, what an attractive selection of this type you have/had.&nbsp; They are lovely examples. </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with you on the attractiveness and interest of the type.&nbsp; According to FORVM linked above the word &quot;priest&quot; indicates:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The inscription was apparently a short-lived attempt at propaganda to refute the Pharisees&#039; claims that the Hasmoneans were priests and therefore not from David&#039;s line and thus usurpers of the crown.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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