A bronze coin minted in Jerusalem, under the king and high priest John Hyrcanus, the first of the Hasmoneans to issue coins.
Obverse: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath: “Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews”.
Reverse: A pomegranate between two cornucopia.
Date: 125–105 BCE
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