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| Title: Mtb'-ksp sl ywhnn hkwhn hgdwl (A Silver Coin of Xohanan the High Priest Secondary Title: Qadmoniot Volume: 17 Pages: 59-61 Type: Journal Article Year: 1984 Abstract: "A small coin (7mm in diameter), inscribed with the name "Yohanan the priest" in early Aramaic script, is similar to Judean coins discovered by E.L. Sukenik, and by W.F. Albright and O. Sellars, at Beth-zur with the name "Hezekiah the prefect" (Or governor) inscribed on them It is also reminiscent of coins found in a small treasure by L.Y. Rahmani in 1971. The image of Yohanan shows him wearing a signet ring as a sign of secular power. The reverse bears the image of a goddess similar to those found on the coins of Greek cities. Comparison with these coins suggests a mid-4th century B.C. date, during the reign of Artaxerxes II (358-338). This Yohanan was not the high priest mentioned in Neh 12,32 and Josephus Ant 11:297, bus his grandson. - A.J.S." Keywords: Archaeology, topography, local and regional history |