Coin of Alexander Jannaeus
In this picture is the bronze coin or prutah, minted by Alexander Jannaeus, the Hasmonean King who ruled during the early 1st century BCE.
The coin features an 8-rayed star and the inscription in Paleo-Hebrew "Yehonatan the King." On the reverse, the coin reads in Greek, "of King Alexander”.
It is the most common Jewish coin in archaeological records and was very crudely made, usually minted off-centre on irregular cast metal discs.
Christian literature refers to it as the "widow's mite". Many coins were overstruck with other emblems reflecting the ongoing civil war.
Overstruck coins will later become an act of defiance against the Roman rule during the Jewish rebellions.
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This coin of Alexander Jannaeus features an 8-rayed star and the inscription in Paleo-Hebrew "Yehonatan the King." On the reverse, the coin reads in Greek, "of King Alexander." Christian literature refers to it as the "widow's mite".
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