Lot 044. Judaea, Hasmonean Kingdom. Alexander Jannaeus. 103-76 B.C.E. PB prutah. Contemporary copy of Hasmonean prutah in lead.

Judaea, Hasmonean Kingdom. Alexander Jannaeus. 103-76 B.C.E. PB prutah (18.5 mm, 4.76 g). Contemporary copy of Hasmonean prutah in lead. blundered and fragmentary BAΣIΛEΩ AΛEΞANΔPOY, legend around Seleukid anchor within circular inner border / blundered imitation of Paleo-Hebrew legend within dotted border. Good VF, light tan lead "patina" not bad for a crude copy of a crude type. 

apparently a muling of types which did not appear together on the official coinage of the period

 

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$  100.00

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$ 60.00 (1 bid(s))
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