Prutah of Alexander Janneus, Jerusalem

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 3.1981.4
People: Alexander Jannaeus, Greek (r. 103-76 BCE)
Title: Prutah of Alexander Janneus, Jerusalem
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 103 BCE - 76 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Middle East, Palestine, Jerusalem
Period: Hellenistic period, Late
Culture: Jewish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/182166

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

2.33 g

Die Axis

11

Denomination

prutah

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: ALEXANDPOY BASILEWS [of Alexander the King]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: AJC 1, Ca1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Harvard College Library, Judaica Collection, Gift of Doris Zagayski in memory of Michael Zagayski
Object Number: 3.1981.4
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Anchor surrounded by Greek inscription, around circle of dots
Rev.: Eight-rayed star, surrounded by a diadem, Paleo-Hebrew inscription.

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