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Lot 227

Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Small Bronze (5.61 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Eleazar the priest' (Paleo-Hebrew), seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. Rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf. (Mildenberg 155 (O4/R4); TJC 300; Hendin 1438). Dark green patina. Extremely fine. Estimate $1,500UP
Ex Goldberg 48 (16 September 2008), lot 1882.
Ex Israel Archaeological Center 41(2 October 2007), lot 87.
This undated small bronze attributed to the third year (134/5 CE) of the Bar Kochba War is an oddity in that it mules an earlier obverse die naming Eleazar the priest of the first year (132/3 CE) with a third year reverse. As other known silver and bronze hybrid issues reveal, the main mint of the Bar Kochba rebels retained at least some of its earlier dies for reuse in subsequent years, perhaps to fill in a gap between the beginning of the new year and the completion of new obverse dies to pair with the new reverse dies of the year.

 
Realized $2,714



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