Ancient Judean Widow's Mite, Sterling Ring
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Ancient Bronze Prutah "Widow's Mite" Coin Circa 134 - 104 BCE in Sterling Silver Ring . Obverse: in Hebrew (Yehohanan the High priest and the Council of the Jews) surrounded by wreath. Reverse: double cornucopias, pomegranate in between, with a border of dots. Denomination: Prutah. Certificate of Authenticity
John Hyrcanus (Yohanan Girhan) (born 164 BCE, died 104 BCE) was the son of Simon Maccabaeus, and a Hasmonean (Maccabean) leader of the 2nd century BC. After the murder of his father and and uncles (reportedly by Ptolemy, his brother-in-law) he stepped into his fathers' former offices, that of high priest and king (although some Jews never accepted any of the Hasmoneans as being legitimate kings, as they were not lineal descendants of David). He apparently took the regnal name "Hyrcanus" upon his accession to power. Taking a Greek regnal name was a significant political and cultural step away from the intransigent opposition to an rejection of Hellenistic culture which had characterized the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule. all subsequent Hasmonean rulers followed suit and adopted Greek names in their turn.
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