Lot 3137
The Bar Kokhba War, 132-135 CE. AR Denar (3.53 g) attributed to year 3 (134-135 CE). Palaeo-Hebrew inscription "Shim'on" within wreath topped by a medallion and terminating in ribbon ties. Reverse: Kithara (elaborate lyre with soundbox) with three strings; around, Palaeo-Hebrew inscription "For the Freedom of Jerusalem". Mild 130 [108 examples cited]; H-1429. Uncleaned. Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Die matching work is accomplished with the corpus published in 1984, The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War, authored by the eminent scholar Leo Mildenberg, who possessed two doctorates — one earned, one bestowed in honor. The uncleaned nature of most of these here-offered denars is both attractive and frustrating, and can preclude secure identification of dies and/or understrikings due to the encrustations.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
Harold Chopp Collection.
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