Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, HASMONEAN DYNASTY, Judaea, Hasmonean Kingdom. John Hyrcanus I (Yehohanan). Æ Double Prutah (4.37 g), 134-104 BCE. Uncertain Samarian mint(?). 'Yehohanan the High Priest and Head of the Council of the Jews' (Paleo-Hebrew), double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, within circular beaded border. Rev. Macedonian helmet with high crest and cheek guards right, within circular beaded border; in lower left field, monogram. (TJC grp. H; Hendin 1136). Very rare. Heavy earthen-brown patina. About very fine.

Purchased privately, August 1993.

Estimate: $ 5,000