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Auction 48  14 Jan 2020
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Lot 92

Starting price: 625 USD
Price realized: 640 USD
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Small Bronze (5.75 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. Reverse: 'Year two of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf. Hendin 1410; Mildenberg 154 (O3/R5; this coin #8); TJC 266. Overstruck on a coin of Trajan. Dark green patina with earthen highlights. Rare. Choice Very Fine. Value $800 - UP
Eleazar is not named on this small denomination bronze, his name replaced with that of Jerusalem, the city that served as the root cause of Simon bar Kokhba's Jewish uprising.
Ex David Hendin Collection.
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