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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2359317, member: 74282&quot;]That is a really nice example, and I agree, no monkey business. I don&#039;t have a Hyrcanus II but I do have a Hyrcanus I. Mine has what I believe might be a fake sand patina but as far as I can tell, is not tooled and in fact, the actual patina on it is quite thick as evidenced by the patina nicks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]481052[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hasmoneian Kingdom of Judaea, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. 135-104 BC. Obverse: &#039;A&#039; monogram, YHO(HH)NN(&quot;Yehochanan&quot;) H(&quot;the&quot;) KHN(&quot;Priest&quot;) H(&quot;the&quot;) GDL(&quot;high&quot;) W(&quot;and&quot;) (HH)BR(&quot;Council&quot;) H(&quot;the&quot;) YHWDYM(&quot;Jews&quot;) Paleo-hebrew within wreath. Reverse: Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, border of dots. Jerusalem mint. Hendin 1131. Meshorer TJC A[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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