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2 unusual facts about Hasmonean coinage


Hasmonean coinage

Both show a man thought to be Yehuda Aristobolus bowing before a camel with a palm branch in his hand.

Alexander Jannaeus (also known as Alexander Jannai/Yannai), king of Judea from (103 to 76 BCE), son of John Hyrcanus, inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus, and married his brother's widow, Shlomtzion or "Shelomit" (see Coins of Alexander Jannaeus).



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