Lot 36
Judaea, The Jewish War. Æ Prutah (3.43 g), 66-70 CE. Jerusalem, year 2 (67/8 CE). 'Year two' (Paleo Hebrew), amphora with broad rim and two handles. Rev. 'The freedom of Zion' (Paleo-Hebrew), vine leaf on small branch with tendril. (TJC 196; Hendin 1360). Well centered and struck. Nice desert green patina. Extremely fine. Estimate $150UP
Purchased privately from D. Hendin at the NYINC, December 1984.
Although struck by the Jewish rebels against Rome, the the prutot of the Jewish War take much of their typological inspiration from the earlier coinages struck for Judaea by the Roman praetorial government.
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