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Keystone Auction 9  18 Jan 2023
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Lot 77

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 150 USD
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JUDAEA, Hasmonean. Alexander Jannaeus. 104-76 BCE. Æ Prutah (15mm, 2.22 g, 3h). 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 var. (arrangement of cornucopias). Brown green surfaces, patina worn through on highest points. VF.

From the David Hendin Collection, sold for the benefit of the American Numismatic Society.

Note how the cornucopias on the reverse cross at the base, a feature rarely seen on Hasmonean coins.
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