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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2359411, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;ll show what I believe to be a Hyrcanus II but different in several ways.&nbsp; I do not read Paleo-Hebrew. Note the pomegranate is hollow unlike the ribbed of of R-S or the solid of the OP coin.&nbsp; I bought the coin from David Hendin several years ago mostly because I was attracted to the miscut when these were separated.&nbsp; If these were struck first and then separated from the strings afterward the cut would be before the coin was struck but if the coins were struck individually then this cut was not erased by the striking (or even minimized).&nbsp; Opinions?[ATTACH=full]481087[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;My other mite (Mattathias Antigonus. 40-37 BC) interested me because it shows that it was struck on a blank made in a two part mold that was not well aligned rather than an open top one as used in the above coin.&nbsp; Centering could be better. I understand this issue was struck with retrograde legends to avoid the appearance of a religious impropriety.&nbsp; Can someone clarify this matter? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]481089[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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