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Hendin 457 of Judaea

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Lot Judaea, John Hyrcanus AE Prutah. 135-104 BC. Archaic Hebrew text within wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews / Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons and pomegranate between.

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John Hyrcanus I, Yehonitan in Hebrew, was the son of Simon the Maccabee, who Antiochos VII had tried to get on his side in his war with Tryphon by granting some autonomy to Israel, which had been part of the Seleucid Empire. Simon was murdered before he could mint any coins, but John was a very successful ruler, expanded the new Jewish Kingdom greatly, and minted what are the first Jewish coins.

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