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                                Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 648. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
                                2005. JUDAEA, Hasmonean Kings. Yehohanan 
                                Hyrcanus I. 135-104 BCE. Ć Lepton (1.04 gm, 
                                12h). BID Estimate $200  

                              JUDAEA, Hasmonean Kings. Yehohanan Hyrcanus I. 
                              135-104 BCE. Ć Lepton (1.04 gm, 12h). Upright palm 
                              branch / Flowering lily between grain ears; no 
                              trace of A in field. Meshorer Group C; Hendin 458. 
                              VF, dark brown patina with earthen encrustation, 
                              some scratches. ($200)

                              A number of types traditionally attributed to 
                              Hyrcanus II (63-40 BCE) have been re-attributed to 
                              his ancestor Yehohanan Hyrcanus, on the basis of 
                              the inscriptions which refer to him as "High 
                              Priest of the Jews", not King, a title established 
                              by Yehudah Aristobulus (104-103 BCE). These coins 
                              are thus the earliest coinage of an independent 
                              Jewish state.


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Lot 648 was unsold.


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