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Lot 61

Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Small Bronze (6.32 g), 132-135 CE. Year 1 (132/3 CE). 'Eleazar the priest' (Paleo-Hebrew), seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. Rev. 'Year one of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf. (Mildenberg 150 (O1/R4); TJC 224; Hendin 1380). Earthen-green patina. Extremely fine. Estimate $600UP
Purchased privately from D. Hendin, November 1985.
The small bronze denomination of the first year (132/3 CE) of the Bar Kokhba War is typologically connected to the middle bronze palm tree denominations. The palm tree emblem of Judaea appears again on the obverse, but on the reverse the vine leaf of the middle bronze denomination is replaced by a grape bunch.

 
Realized $1,033



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