Double cornucopiae; pomegranate between horns // Paleohebrew inscription in wreath Yehuda hacohen hagadol haver hayehudim (“Judah the High Priest (and) the Council of the Jews”). 14mm, 2.22 grams. Mint of Jerusalem (?). Hendin 465.
Judah Aristobulus I was the Hasmonean king and High Priest of Judea, ruling from 104 to 103 BCE. He was the oldest son of John Hyrcanus and an older brother of Alexander Jannaeus. He took the throne by locking up his mother and brothers, and he expanded his kingdom to the north. His short rule ended when he died from a painful illness.