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Prutah - John Hyrcanus I and Antiochus VII Sidetes
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 132 BC - 130 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Hendin 5th#1131, Hendin 6th#6165 |
| Obverse description | Central anchor motif surrounded by a circular Greek legend reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, identifying the Seleucid king Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes). A Seleucid era date appears beneath the anchor within the field. The coin is struck on an irregular flan typical of Hasmonean-period bronze coinage, with the legend distributed around the anchor in the manner standard to Seleucid royal issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized lily (Lilium) rendered frontally at center, its stem rising from a beaded border along the lower field, with two broad petals or leaves curving outward to either side — a motif traditionally associated with Jerusalem and employed on Hasmonean coinage as a civic and religious symbol. The design is boldly struck but shows the characteristic irregularity of hammered bronze prutot of this period. The field is otherwise plain, with no additional legend or inscription. |
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This prutah dates to the period when John Hyrcanus I ruled Judea as a vassal under the Seleucid king Antiochus VII Sidetes, who had besieged Jerusalem around 134 BC and reimposed tribute obligations on the Hasmonean state. The joint attribution reflects that political subordination directly — Hyrcanus was permitted to strike coinage but not without acknowledging Seleucid overlordship. The arrangement collapsed when Antiochus died campaigning against the Parthians in 129 BC, at which point Hyrcanus rapidly asserted full independence and expanded Judean territory aggressively.