Two Ancient coins, Israeli?, help with ID please

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  1. coin0709

    coin0709 CT Supporter

    I'd really appreciate any help you all could provide. These are smaller coins about the size of a US nickel and dime. Thanks. RM
     

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  3. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    John has the right answer below...
     
    Last edited: Aug 6, 2014
  4. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    The top coin is Nabataean, Rabbel II (70-106 AD). The second pic is the obverse and the image should be rotated 90-degrees counterclockwise for the proper orientation. It has jugate portraits of Rabbel and his queen Gamilat.

    The reverse is the first image and it should also be rotated 90-degrees counterclockwise. The inscription between the cornucopias is resh-beth-aleph-lamedh (Rabbel) / gimel-mem-lamedh-taw (Gamilat). Nabataean is read right to left.

    The second coin is a Judaean prutah, but I can't make out enough of the design to attribute.
     
  5. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    On second look, I believe the prutah is a type issued by Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BC). The obverse has an anchor within a circle. The reverse is a star within a circle. The stars have various numbers of rays, but this coin is struck so far off-center it's hard to say how many rays it has - maybe 8?
     
  6. coin0709

    coin0709 CT Supporter

    Wow, quite impressive. Thanks for giving me some direction as I investigate them further. Cheers!
     
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    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

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