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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2359340, member: 42773&quot;]This is a very interesting type because it was actually struck by Hyrcanus I in the name of Antiochus VII. Hyrcanus I had no choice but to accept Seleucid sovereignty after Antiochus&#039; siege of Jerusalem. It&#039;s conjectured that the Seleucids allowed the Judaeans to use a lily on these types instead of the king&#039;s bust, to comply with their prohibition against graven images. Hyrcanus I would eventually expel the Seleucids and engage in an expansionist program of his own, particularly against his Samaritan neighbors to the north.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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