Pomegranate or Poppy What Lies between the Cornucopias on Hasmonaean Coins?
The Hasmonaean rulers struck coins, exclusively in bronze, beginning with John Hyrcanus I (135-104 BCE; Hendin 2020). Their most common denomination was a coin with a diameter averaging 15 mm and close to 2 g in weight, which is widely identified with the prutah (PRWṬH) of rabbinic literature (Jacob...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2021
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2021, Volume: 84, Issue: 3, Pages: 206-215 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Coin
/ History 135 BC-104 BC
/ Maccabees 165 BC-37 BC
/ Hyrcanus, John -104 BC
/ Horn of plenty
/ Pomegranate
/ Horn
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament |
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