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We are pleased to present you with catalogue number 2 of Jerusalem Numismatics Auction House.
Text: L.Alexander Wolfe, Itamar Atzmon.
Photography: Daniel Rachamim.
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HASMONEAN DYNASTY: A lot of five (5) bronze prutut. Every coin was issued by a different Hasmonean ruler. Ca. ...
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HASMONEAN DYNASTY: A lot of five (5) bronze prutut. Every coin was issued by a different Hasmonean ruler. Ca. second century B.C.E – first century B.C.E.
In the upper line, from left to right: Antiochus VII (Sidetes), John Hyrcanus, Judah Aristobulus.
In the bottom line, from left to right: Alexander Jannaeus, Mattathias Antigonus
After the 'Maccabaean Revolt', the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.
