Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG
Auction 334 17 Mar 2020
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Coins of the Hasmonaean Dynasty (135/129 – 37 BCE).
John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,02 g. A (Greek letter) above the paleo-Hebrew inscription YHWH[dot below]NN HKHN HGDL WH[dot below]NB HYHWDYM (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews' Council) within a wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate. Hendin no. 1132; Meshorer, Treasury 201 Group A.
Nearly very fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 50.
For the meaning of the wreaths which frequently appear on coins of Johannes Hyrkanos I cf. I. Noy, The Victory Wreath of Hyrcanus I. INR 7, 2012, 31–42; id., Head Decoration Representations on Hasmonean and Herodian Coins, INR 8, 2013, 39-53. For the choice of the cornucopia-motif cf. Ch.-G. Schwentzel, Images du pouvoir et fonctions des souverains Hasmonéens, Revue Biblique 2009, 368-386, esp. 374 on the two cornucopiae with a pomegranate: „Il s'agit d'un symbole de prospeìriteì et de fertiliteì agricole, associé au souverain, pour signifier que celui-ci est le garant du bien-être de son peuple.".
John Hyrcanus I, 135-104 BCE. Æ-Prutah, Jerusalem; 2,02 g. A (Greek letter) above the paleo-Hebrew inscription YHWH[dot below]NN HKHN HGDL WH[dot below]NB HYHWDYM (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Jews' Council) within a wreath//Two cornucopiae, between them a pomegranate. Hendin no. 1132; Meshorer, Treasury 201 Group A.
Nearly very fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 50.
For the meaning of the wreaths which frequently appear on coins of Johannes Hyrkanos I cf. I. Noy, The Victory Wreath of Hyrcanus I. INR 7, 2012, 31–42; id., Head Decoration Representations on Hasmonean and Herodian Coins, INR 8, 2013, 39-53. For the choice of the cornucopia-motif cf. Ch.-G. Schwentzel, Images du pouvoir et fonctions des souverains Hasmonéens, Revue Biblique 2009, 368-386, esp. 374 on the two cornucopiae with a pomegranate: „Il s'agit d'un symbole de prospeìriteì et de fertiliteì agricole, associé au souverain, pour signifier que celui-ci est le garant du bien-être de son peuple.".