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LOT 2962
Judaea, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. 135-104 BCE.
Jerusalem mint. "Yehohanan the High Priest and head of the Council of the Jews" in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6172; TJC B; Sofaer 30-64. Near Very Fine.(2.73gr, 12mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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