A bronze prutah of Alexander Jannaeus

obv: Anchor surrounded by Greek inscription AΛ[EΞ]ANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (of King Alexander). Rev.: Eight pointed star within diadem; between the rays, paleo-Hebrew inscription Yehonatan the King.
103-76 B.C.E. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 25 sub-group K
After the 'Maccabaean Revolt', the Hasmonaean kingdom was founded which lasted for just under a hundred years. The alphabet employed was not the square Hebrew script current at the time, but the script from the First Temple period, implying a connection between the Hasmoneans and the First Temple. The symbols employed show a clear Hellenising trend.