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ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, HASMONEAN DYNASTY, Judaea, Hasmonean Kingdom. Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah). Æ Prutah (1.89 g), 40-37 BCE. Jerusalem. 'Mattatayah' (Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath; all within circular beaded border. Rev. Double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, within circular beaded border. (Hendin 1167) Very Rare. Dark green-brown patina with light earthen deposits. . Choice very fine.
Purchased privately from D. Hendin at the NYINC, December 1990.
This prutah of Mattathias Antigonus consciously looks back to the issues of John Hyrcanus I and other Hasmonaean ancestors as a means of casting himself as the legitimate king of the Jews when Herod and the Romans sought to remove him and bring an inglorious end to the Hasmonaean dynasty.
Estimate: $ 800
Purchased privately from D. Hendin at the NYINC, December 1990.
This prutah of Mattathias Antigonus consciously looks back to the issues of John Hyrcanus I and other Hasmonaean ancestors as a means of casting himself as the legitimate king of the Jews when Herod and the Romans sought to remove him and bring an inglorious end to the Hasmonaean dynasty.
Estimate: $ 800