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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2359287, member: 42773&quot;]I don&#039;t hunt prutoh as I find them notoriously problematic - you can look through a thousand coins before you find one that has any appeal, and the ones with any appeal cost a small fortune. The matter is compounded by the fact that they are notoriously doctored: stripped, tooled, and re-patinated. It seems to have become a common practice, especially among Israeli dealers, but on one level, I can&#039;t say I blame them as the coins are generally so crappy you can&#039;t really expect anyone to want them in their as-found conditions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrcanus_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrcanus_II" rel="nofollow">wiki here</a> concerning John Hyrcanus. I love how this coin is so well-centered, and how clear the Paleo-Hebrew lettering is. I spent a goodly amount of time learning to read this script last year but I won&#039;t bore you with the details - it translates to <i>Yehonanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews. </i>This coin also has original dirt, as far as I can tell, no monkey business. That&#039;s a pomegranate between the cornucopias.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]481044[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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