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CICF Signature Sale 3032 10-12 April 2014
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Nerva (AD 96-98). Orichalcum sestertius (33mm, 25.40 gm, 5h). Rome, late AD 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II COS DESIGN III P P, laureate head right / FISCI IVDAICI CALVMNIA SVBLATA ("the insult of the Jewish Wax has been abated"), palm tree bearing two large bunches of dates; S C across field. RIC 72. BMCRE 98. Hendin 1603a. Rare. Green patina. Light smoothing in fields. Very Fine.From The Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.There is ongoing discussion regarding whether this coin actually commemorates the elimination of the insult of the tax on Jews or the cessation of the insult to the Emperor of the Jews continuing to pay taxes to Jerusalem (cf. Hendin pp. 457-458). For a fascinating discussion of this coin as it relates to the separation between Judaism and early Christianity see Marius Heemstra's recent book The Fiscus Judaicus and the Parting of the Ways.
Estimate: 6000-8000 USD
Nerva (AD 96-98). Orichalcum sestertius (33mm, 25.40 gm, 5h). Rome, late AD 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II COS DESIGN III P P, laureate head right / FISCI IVDAICI CALVMNIA SVBLATA ("the insult of the Jewish Wax has been abated"), palm tree bearing two large bunches of dates; S C across field. RIC 72. BMCRE 98. Hendin 1603a. Rare. Green patina. Light smoothing in fields. Very Fine.From The Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.There is ongoing discussion regarding whether this coin actually commemorates the elimination of the insult of the tax on Jews or the cessation of the insult to the Emperor of the Jews continuing to pay taxes to Jerusalem (cf. Hendin pp. 457-458). For a fascinating discussion of this coin as it relates to the separation between Judaism and early Christianity see Marius Heemstra's recent book The Fiscus Judaicus and the Parting of the Ways.
Estimate: 6000-8000 USD