Des mercenaires 'rhodiens' dans la Judée hasmonéenne? Étude du motif floral de monnaies de Jean Hyrcan et Alexandre Jannée

Full title
Des mercenaires 'rhodiens' dans la Judée hasmonéenne? Étude du motif floral de monnaies de Jean Hyrcan et Alexandre Jannée
Research notes

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Reference type
Journal Article
Author(s)
Main, Emmanuelle
Year
2006
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Revue des Études Juives
Translated title
'Rhodian' Mercenaries in Hasmonean Judea? A Research of the Floral Motif on Coins of John Hyrcanus and Alexander Jannaeus
Volume
165
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
1-2
Pages
123-146
Language
French
Alternative title
REJ
Related keywords
Coins / Numismatics
John Hyrcanus
Yannai / Alexander Jannaeus
Hasmonean Period
Hasmonean Army
Jewish Antiquities / Antiquitates judaicae
Label
07/04/2008 NS
Abstract

This paper deals with three Hasmonean series of coins: two issued by John Hyrcanus and one by his son Alexander Jannaeus. The comparison with a Rhodian type allows us to identify the flower appearing on these coins as a rose and not a lily as has usually been assumed by scholars. This innovation appears to be of historical significance, for it was introduced when each of both Hasmonean rulers decided to hire mercenaries. This fact is linked with the issue of pseudo-Rhodian coins, in continental Greece, known as “mercenaries currency”.