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ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Prutah of Alexander Jannaeus

Place CreatedIsrael, Asia

CultureJudaean

PeriodHasmonean

Date103-76 BCE

MediumCopper alloy

Credit LineGift of Khader Baidun

Dimensions1/2 x 1/2 in. (1.3 x 1.3 cm, 1.1 g)

Object number2004.026.001

Label TextObverse: מלכא אלכסנדרוס שנת כה (King Alexander, year 25) around star of eight rays

Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, around inverted anchor within circle
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 24, 2013

ProvenanceWith Khader Baidun, Jerusalem.

Status

Not on view

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