Prutah - Judah Aristobulus I

Features

Issuer Judea
King Aristobulus I (104 BC - 103 BC)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 104 BC
Value 1 Prutah
Currency Prutah (140 BC-95 AD)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.47 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
98864
References Hendin 5ᵗʰ# 1142
David Hendin, Herbert Kreindler; 2010. Guide to Biblical Coins (5th edition). Amphora Books, New York, United States.

Obverse

Peleo-Hebrew in wedged-style characters within wreath

Script: Hebrew

Lettering:
יהו
דה הכה
ן הגדו
וחבר ה
יהד

Translation: Yehudah the Heigh Priest and the Council of the Jews

Reverse

Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, border of dots

Mint

Jerusalem, Israel

Comments

The dies for this coin were either made by the same die cutter, or at leased the same workshop of Hyrcanus I Nos. 1135, 1137, which sugests that this was the earlier of the Aristobulus types, and puts the coin immediately after the coins of JHyrcanus I.
David Hendin Guide to Biblical Coins fifth Edition, p 192

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