Coin of Judaea
132-133 CE (Roman Imperial (Bar Kochba Revolt))
Diam: 3/4 in.; Weight: 0.01 lb. (1.9 cm, 5.88 g)
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On the obverse is a palm tree with dates; the legend, in Paleo-Hebrew (written with retrograde letters), reads “Eleazar the Priest.” On the reverse is a grape bunch surrounded by a Hebrew inscription that proclaims it is “Year One of the Redemption of Israel.” This coin was st...
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Sale, Bank Leu & Co and A. Hess, Jüdische Münzen: Bellum Iudaicum, Iudaea Capta, Bar Kochba-Krieg, Lucerne, 3 April 1963, lot 112, pl. 8; Sale, Frank Sternberg Auktion XXIX, Zurich, 30 October 1995, lot 188; Jay Galst, New York, 1995, by purchase; Sale, Triton XXV, New York, 11 January 2022, lot 409; Walters Art Museum, 2022, by purchase.
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en
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