Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Prutah - Alexander Jannaeus Overstruck
| Issuer | Judea |
|---|---|
| Year | 104 BC - 76 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Prutah |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Hebrew |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Alexander Jannaeus issued more bronze prutot than any other Hasmonean ruler, and the sheer volume of that output created a practical problem: earlier coins of inferior or inconvenient types were simply overstruck rather than melted. On this piece, ghosted traces of the undertype survive beneath the new impression — a characteristic feature of the series that actually helps specialists reconstruct which earlier Hasmonean issues were still circulating during Jannaeus's reign.
Jannaeus ruled as both king and high priest, a dual authority that generated genuine unrest among his Pharisaic subjects. A six-year civil war during the 90s BC may explain certain irregular striking periods within this long coinage.