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Judaea. Jerusalem. Hasmoneans. Judas Aristoboulos I (Yehudah) 104-103 BCE.
Prutah Æ
14 mm, 2,12 g
Splayed double cornucopia with pomegranate between the horns / Legend in five lines within wreath.
good very fine, well struck with full inscription clearly legible
Hendin 1143; HGC 10, 634.
The engraving of this emission of Judas Aristobulus I has linked it to early issues in the name of his brother and successor, Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE). It is remarkable that these evidently late coins still refer to Aristobulus I only as High Priest when Josephus clearly states that he was the first of the Hasmonaean rulers to claim the title of king. This coinage may perhaps stand as evidence against whatever textual source Josephus used to craft his rather melodramatic account of the rule of Aristobulus I.
From the Tareq Hani collection
Prutah Æ
14 mm, 2,12 g
Splayed double cornucopia with pomegranate between the horns / Legend in five lines within wreath.
good very fine, well struck with full inscription clearly legible
Hendin 1143; HGC 10, 634.
The engraving of this emission of Judas Aristobulus I has linked it to early issues in the name of his brother and successor, Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE). It is remarkable that these evidently late coins still refer to Aristobulus I only as High Priest when Josephus clearly states that he was the first of the Hasmonaean rulers to claim the title of king. This coinage may perhaps stand as evidence against whatever textual source Josephus used to craft his rather melodramatic account of the rule of Aristobulus I.
From the Tareq Hani collection