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ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Small Bronze (4.97 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. Rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf. (Mildenberg 159 (O4/R9); TJC 302b; Hendin 1440). Very rare - only five specimens cited by Mildenberg. Well struck on a broad flan. Pleasing earthen patina. Extremely fine.
Purchased privately from D. Hendin at the NYINC, December 1991.
While the previous two small bronze varieties naming Eleazar and Jerusalem, respectively, are peculiar to the third year (134/5 CE) of the Bar Kochba War, this and the following small bronze employs the obverse paleo-Hebrew legend naming Simon following the tradition established for the small bronze denomination already in the first year (132/3 CE) of the war.
Estimate: $ 400
Purchased privately from D. Hendin at the NYINC, December 1991.
While the previous two small bronze varieties naming Eleazar and Jerusalem, respectively, are peculiar to the third year (134/5 CE) of the Bar Kochba War, this and the following small bronze employs the obverse paleo-Hebrew legend naming Simon following the tradition established for the small bronze denomination already in the first year (132/3 CE) of the war.
Estimate: $ 400