Prutah

Pruta from the reign of Agrippa I
Prutah of John Hyrcanus (134 BCE to 104 BCE).
Obv: Double cornucopia.
Rev: Five lines of ancient Hebrew script; reading "Yehochanan Kohen Gadol Chever Hayehudim" (Yehochanan the High Priest, Council of the Jews)

Prutah (Hebrew: פרוטה) is a Hebrew term, possibly derived from Aramaic. It refers to a small denomination coin.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Israel (ישראל, isrā'el)". Mark Your Coin. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  2. ^ Rocca, Samuele (2016-07-14). "Prutah of the Jewish Commonwealth depicting an amphora and a vine leaf (67-68 CE)". www.judaism-and-rome.org. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

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