Ancients
JUDAEA. Bar Kokhba Revolt (AD 132-135). Æ small bronze (4.91 gm). Choice XF. Undated issue of Year 3 (AD 134/5). Paleo-Hebrew for the freedom of Jerusalem; bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf / Jerusalem across fields; seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. Hendin 1439. Mildenberg 332, 156 (same dies). TJC 301. AJC II 276, 80. Green patina with earthen encrustation. Rather conservatively graded Very Fine Plus in Shoshana I catalog, this piece easily shows XF if not AU detail.
Ex Shoshana Collection I (Heritage 3003, 5 March 2012), lot 20506.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD