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Auction 23106  19 Apr 2023
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Lot 8002

Starting price: 180 GBP
Price realized: 320 GBP
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt, AE Medium Bronze, (2): i) 24mm, Dated Year 2 (AD133/4) Palm tree with two bunches of dates; "Shim'on" (Paleo-Hebrew) across field rev. Grape leaf, "Year 2 of the Freedom of Israel" (Paleo-Hebrew) around, 9.01g, (Mildenberg, 91 (O7/R55); Meshorer, 259b; Hendin, 1408a) some environmental damage and softening, but still good fine; ii) another, as before, 11.67g, (Hendin, 1437; Mildenberg, O10) obverse unforuntately good fine, reverse lamentably oxidised, (2).
Provenance:
The Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins, assembled by Dr. Daniel Offer (1929-2013) in Chicago in the 1980s. Originally catalogued in 1982 using Meshorer, Y. 'Jewish Coins of the Second Temple Period' Am Hassefer and Massada, Tel Aviv, (1967). Appraised at Sotheby's, April-May, 1999.
Estimate: £200 - £300
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