Ancient Judean coins prutah Scarce of John Hyrcanus II (67, 63-40 BCE), Hasmonean dynasty, Judea

Double cornucopiae; pomegranate between horns // Paleohebrew inscription in wreath Yehohanan hacohen hagadol haver hayehudim (“Yehohanan the High Priest (and) the Council of the Jews”). 15mm, 1.81 grams. Mint of Jerusalem (?). Hendin 1159. SKU X323-48246

John Hyrcanus II (died 30 BCE), a member of the Hasmonean dynasty, was for a long time the Jewish High Priest in the 1st century BCE. He was also briefly King of Judea 67–66 BCE and then the ethnarch (ruler) of Judea, probably over the period 63–40 BCE.

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