prutah
Sign in to savethumb|Pruta from the reign of Agrippa I thumb|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.
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thumb|Pruta from the reign of Agrippa I thumb|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.
==History==
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