JUDAEA, Hasmonean. Alexander Jannaeus. 104-76 BCE. Æ Prutah (12mm, 1.19 g, 11h). Irregular issue. Jerusalem mint. "Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" in highly stylized paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopias splayed outward crossed at base, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6186b (this coin illustrated); TJC S 22-27; Sofaer 390-91. Hard green-black patina. Well struck. Near EF.
From the David Hendin Collection, sold for the benefit of the American Numismatic Society.