Judaea fake "widow´s mite", imitating coins of the Hashmonean Kingdom of Judaea, carved edge.
Judaea fake "widow´s mite", imitating coins of the Hashmonean Kingdom of Judaea (John (Yehohanan) Hyrcanus I, king and Judah Aristobulus), modern imitation, prototypes dating 135-103 BC.,
Æ Prutah (13-14 mm / 2,29 g),
Obv.: crude imitation of legends in Paleo-Hebrew characters like "Yehohanan or Yehudah the High Priest and Head of the Council of the Jews", within wreath, .
Rev.: double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns.
Edge: carving marks
for prototypes cf. Meshorer, AJC I, 143, Na ; - Hendin 457 ; - Meshorer I, group N .