Double cornucopiae; pomegranate between horns // Paleohebrew inscription in wreath Yehohanan hacohen hagadol haver hayehudim (“Yehohanan the High Priest (and) the Council of the Jews”). 16mm, 1.91 grams. Mint of Jerusalem (?). Hendin 457. SKU X319-48303

John Hyrcanus was a Hasmonean (Maccabean) leader and Jewish high priest of the 2nd century BCE (born 164 BCE, reigned from 134 BCE until his death in 104 BCE). In rabbinic literature he is often referred to as Yoḥanan Cohen Gadol, "John the High Priest".