2844 - Jerusalem (John Hyrcanus II) (AE double cornucopia/legend) over Alexander Jannaeus (anchor/lily flower) (Gemini, 5, Jan. 2009, 164)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2844

76 BCE - 67 BCE | "YNTN HKHN HGDLWḤBR HYHWDYM": transcription from paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews"

Images

Overstriking coin

2844_-_Jerusalem_(John_Hyrcanus_II).png [1]

Overstruck variety

Alexander Jannaeus (anchor-lily flower) .jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gemini, 5, 6 Jan. 2009, 164.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two cornucopias, ornemented with ribbons, surrounding a pomegranate.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"YNTN HKHN HGDLWḤBR HYHWDYM": transcription from paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" (Hebrew) Legend within wreath.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Jerusalem

Ancient regionAncient region.

Judaea

Modern countryModern country: Israel

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Hasmonean kingdom (c. 140-37 BCE), John Hyrcanus II (Jewish High Priest, Hasmonean king and ethnarch of Judea, 67-40 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 76 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 67 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.272.27 g <br />2,270 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: prutah

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Hendin 20011Hendin 2001, n° 1159-61, HGC 102HGC 10, n° 638-642.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/jerusalem.salome alexandra.hendin.2010.1159-1161

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Anchor surrounded by circle.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

HMLKYHWNTN: paleo-Hebrew script (Hebrew) Lily flower surrounded by circle of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Jerusalem

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Judaea

Modern countryModern country: Israel

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Alexander Jannaeus (Hasmonean king, 103-76 BC), Hasmonean kingdom (c. 140-37 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 104 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 76 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

prutah

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Meshorer 19823Meshorer 1982, vol. 1, p. 69, 118, Group Aa, Hendin 20011Hendin 2001, n° 1148
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/jerusalem.alexander jannaeus.hendin.2010.1148-1149

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"clearly overstruck upon Anchor side of Jannaeus coin type TJC type N, Hendin 467"

References

a b Hendin, David (2001), Guide to Biblical Coins, 4th edition, Ampora, New York, 511 p., 38 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
^ Meshorer, Ya'akov (1982), Ancient Jewish coinage, Ampora, New York, 2 vol.