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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