{"product_id":"bronze-prutah-alexander-jannaeus-103-76-bc-hasmonian-kings-of-ancient-judaea","title":"Barbarized prutah, Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BC), Hasmonian Kings of Ancient Judaea","description":"\u003cp\u003eDouble cornucopiae; pomegranate between horns \/\/ Paleohebrew inscription in wreath \u003cem\u003eYehonatan hacohen hagadol haver hayehudim\u003c\/em\u003e (“Yehonatan the High Priest (and) the Council of the Jews”). 14mm, 1.82 grams. Mint of Jerusalem (?). Hendin 474-475. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery crude example with stylized script.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexander Jannaeus (born Jehonatan) was the second king of the Hasmonean dynasty, who ruled over an expanding kingdom of Judea from 103 to 76 BCE. A son of John Hyrcanus, he inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus I, and married his brother's widow, Queen Salome Alexandra. From his conquests to expand the kingdom to a bloody civil war, Alexander's reign has been generalized as cruel and oppressive with never-ending conflict. The major historical sources of Alexander's life are Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NumisMall.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51601515413819,"sku":"x1860-61797","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/files\/w61797.jpg?v=1787757269","url":"https:\/\/www.numismall.com\/products\/bronze-prutah-alexander-jannaeus-103-76-bc-hasmonian-kings-of-ancient-judaea","provider":"NumisMall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}