Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Numismatic Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
14 (2019) 41-72
Keywords:
Hyrcanus, John,
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Coins, Ancient
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Coin design History
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Eretz Israel Antiquities
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Jerusalem (Israel) History 586 B.C.-70 A.D., Exilic and Second Temple period
Abstract:
After Antiochus VII Sidetes’ siege of Jerusalem was lifted (133 or 132 BCE), the first mint of bronze coins (SC 2123) in that city was inaugurated. Based upon the distribution of provenanced finds of another coin of that king (SC 2122), a second attribution to the mint is proposed. Analysis of the siege’s chronology makes it likely that the Jewish High Priest John Hyrcanus I, the Seleucid king’s vassal after the city’s capitulation, had a major role in minting both coins. The aniconic and non-figural iconography on the coins and numerous other numismatic considerations are garnered in support of this idea.
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