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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3755902, member: 83845"]Fantastic new coin and even cooler photos from your recent trip [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] . That’s a nice portrait!</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve never been to Sicily but hope to visit at some point. It doesn’t look too crowded in your photos which is alway a plus for leisurely enjoying the ancient sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like how you made it a point to pick up a coin from a place you’ve visited. I like to do that too and always enjoy these kinds of posts. Since I don’t have an example from Eryx I hope you will be okay with me piling on with a coin I bought partly because of a trip to the mint city: Jerusalem.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-jewish-coin-and-its-modern-descendent.292881/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-jewish-coin-and-its-modern-descendent.292881/">The First Jewish Coin and its Modern Descendent</a></b></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006803[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Hasmonean Dynasty of Judea</font></p><p><font size="3">John Hyrcanus I (134-104 BC)</font></p><p><font size="3">AE Prutah, Jerusalem mint, struck ca. 129-122 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 1.82 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 15 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath; Greek letter alpha above</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Hendin 1132</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex red spork Collection</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3755902, member: 83845"]Fantastic new coin and even cooler photos from your recent trip [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] . That’s a nice portrait! I’ve never been to Sicily but hope to visit at some point. It doesn’t look too crowded in your photos which is alway a plus for leisurely enjoying the ancient sites. I like how you made it a point to pick up a coin from a place you’ve visited. I like to do that too and always enjoy these kinds of posts. Since I don’t have an example from Eryx I hope you will be okay with me piling on with a coin I bought partly because of a trip to the mint city: Jerusalem. [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-jewish-coin-and-its-modern-descendent.292881/']The First Jewish Coin and its Modern Descendent[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1006803[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Hasmonean Dynasty of Judea John Hyrcanus I (134-104 BC) AE Prutah, Jerusalem mint, struck ca. 129-122 BC Wt.: 1.82 g Dia.: 15 mm Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath; Greek letter alpha above Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns Ref.: Hendin 1132 [I]Ex red spork Collection[/I][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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