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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2679702, member: 42773"]Wonderful post with great reading and images, thank you! The motif of double cornucopias was borrowed from Seleucid coinage, and the Nabataeans were quite fond of it as well - so fond of it, actually, that it was repeated monotonously on their bronze coinage over the entire duration of the empire. A few examples...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]598782[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have only one prutah at the moment, but it's in a very pleasing grade. If Hyrcanus was the first to put his name on Judean coinage, was Alexander Jannaeus the second?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]598785[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">AE lepton, 2.7g, 16mm; Jerusalem mint.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Hebrew script between Star rays (YHNTN HMLK) = “Yehonatan the king," surrounded by royal diadem.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ (of King Alexander in Greek), anchor upside-down as if hanging on the side of a boat.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: Meshorer Group K; Hendin 1150.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2679702, member: 42773"]Wonderful post with great reading and images, thank you! The motif of double cornucopias was borrowed from Seleucid coinage, and the Nabataeans were quite fond of it as well - so fond of it, actually, that it was repeated monotonously on their bronze coinage over the entire duration of the empire. A few examples... [ATTACH=full]598782[/ATTACH] I have only one prutah at the moment, but it's in a very pleasing grade. If Hyrcanus was the first to put his name on Judean coinage, was Alexander Jannaeus the second? [ATTACH=full]598785[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 BC AE lepton, 2.7g, 16mm; Jerusalem mint. Obv.: Hebrew script between Star rays (YHNTN HMLK) = “Yehonatan the king," surrounded by royal diadem. Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ (of King Alexander in Greek), anchor upside-down as if hanging on the side of a boat. Reference: Meshorer Group K; Hendin 1150.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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