Lot 3258
Bar Kochba Revolt, AD 132-135. AE Large Bronze (32mm; 38.12g) dated year One (AD 132/3). . Hen-677. Inscription within palm wreath. Reverse: Amphora with fluted body, conical foot and handles from middle of neck to shoulders. Mesh1 169. H-677. Mild reverse die unlisted (obverse die 1). Struck upon a large, thick, earlier coin. A little encrusted, but again not hampered by excessive treatments. A highly important coin that should be of interest to specialists of Bar Kochba coinage. Fine to Very Fine.
Estimated Value $17,500 - 20,000.
This unusually heavy and thick flan is indicative of the earliest large-bronze issues. The later die combinations and year 2 types were invariably struck upon thinner host coins, as obviously the early sestertii and large medallionlike city coinage bronzes had been utilized and were no longer available. This reverse die was plated by J. Chaim Kaufman in "Studies in Memory of Leo Mildenberg" (INJ Volume 14), p. 135, at bottom.
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