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Sale 100
September 3-6 2017 Pre Long Beach Sale
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Lot 2096 |
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (2.99 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simna' (Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, with a medallion at top and tendrils at bottom; pairs of dots between each section of wreath. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), fluted jug with handle on left; in right field, willow branch. Hendin 1422; Mildenberg 134 (O19/R94); TJC 283a. A marvelous underlying portrait of Vespasian on the obverse. Pleasing toning. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $800 - 900
A Connoisseur's Collection of Ancient Jewish Coins.
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$1,880 |
Lot 2097 |
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.10 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Shim'on', in two lines within a wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, medallion at top, and tendrils below. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem', two trumpets upright, dot between (faint). Hendin 1426; Mildeberg 123 (O19/R85); TJC 276. Underlying portrait and legends of Trajan. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $600 - 800
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$969 |
Lot 2098 |
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.37 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, with a medallion at top and tendrils at bottom; pairs of dots between each section of wreath. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), fluted jug with handle on left; in right field, willow branch. Hendin 1427; Mildenberg 121 (O18/R26); TJC 283. Struck on a huge, wide flan. Underlying luster and lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,300
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$1,880 |
Lot 2099 |
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.47 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), elongated lyre with three strings. Hendin 1435; Mildenberg 139 (O11/R43); TJC 274. Lightly toned. Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500
The Living Torah Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
The grape bunch and kinnor combination of this undated zuz continue types first introduced for the silver denomination in the second year (133/4 CE) of the Bar Kokhba War. Although this specimen is complete, some examples appear to have been cut in antiquity. Some commentators have considered the cutting to have been a means of invalidating the coins after the disastrous conclusion of the war while others have suggested that they simply represent an expedient for making change. Problematic for the invalidation theory is the fact that so few cut coins are known, but at the same time cut fractional coinage is also a great rarity in the ancient world once coin usage became firmly established.
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$734 |
Lot 2100 |
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Small Bronze (5.52 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf. Hendin 1440; Mildenberg 159 (O4/R9); TJC 302b. Glossy brown patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $250 - 300
This small bronze employs the obverse paleo-Hebrew legend naming Simon following the tradition established for the small bronze denomination already in the first year (132/3 CE) of the war.
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$306 |
Lot 2101 |
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Bar Kokhba Revolt Bronze Pendant. Circa 132-135 CE, AE Middle Bronze, dated Year Two. Housed in a custom sertling silver bezel. H-1406/7. Estimate Value $250 - 300
Ex. The Living Torah Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
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$165 |
Lot 2102 |
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Bar Kokhba Revolt Bronze Pendant. Circa 132-135 CE, AE Middle Bronze, dated Year Two. Housed in a custom sertling silver bezel. H-1406. Estimate Value $250 - 300
Ex. The Living Torah Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
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$353 |
Lot 2103 |
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Bar Kokhba Revolt Bronze Pendant. Circa 132-135 CE. AE Middle Bronze, undated Year 3. Housed in a custom sterling silver bezel. H-1436. Estimate Value $250 - 300
Ex. The Living Torah Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
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$141 |
Lot 2104 |
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Bar Kokhba Revolt Bronze Pendant. Circa 132-135 CE. AE Middle Bronze, undated Year 3. Housed in a custom sterling silver bezel. H-1436. Struck on a smaller flan. Estimate Value $150 - 200
Ex. The Living Torah Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
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$94 |
Lot 2105 |
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Judaea, Roman Judaea. Titus. Æ (8.12 g), as Caesar, AD 69-79. AYTOKP TITO-Σ KAIΣAP, laureate head of Titus right. Reverse: IO-YΔAIAΣ [EAΛ-Ω]KYIAΣ, Nike standing right, resting foot on helmet, inscribing shield supported by her knee; before her, palm tree. Hendin 1447; TJC 382; RPC 2312. Pale olive-green patina. Rare this choice. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 500
A Connoisseur's Collection of Ancient Jewish Coins.
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$400 |
Lot 2106 |
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Judaea, Roman Judaea. Domitian. Æ (16.40 g), AD 81-96. AD 92. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TR P XI, radiate bust of Domitian right, wearing aegis. Reverse: IMP XXI COS XVI CENS P P P, seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. Hendin 1458; RPC 2307. Handsome dark green patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600
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$541 |
Lot 2107 |
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Vespasian. Silver Denarius (3.50 g), AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Rome, AD 69/70. [IMP C]AESAR VESPASIANVS A[VG], laureate head of Vespasian right. Reverse: IVDAEA in exergue, Jewess seated right, head resting on hand in attitude of mourning; behind, trophy. RIC 2; Hendin 1479; BN 23-5; BMC 36-7; RSC 226. Lustrous and delicately toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,400
A Connoisseur's Collection of Ancient Jewish Coins.
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$1,410 |
Lot 2108 |
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Titus. Silver Denarius (3.05 g), as Caesar, AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Antioch, AD 72-73. T CAES IMP VE-SP PON TR POT, laureate head of Titus right. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing right, resting foot on helmet set on ground, holding spear and parazonium; before him, palm tree beneath which Judaea seated right, resting head on hand, in attitude of mourning. RIC 369; Hendin 1482; RPC 1934; cf. BN 74 (aureus); BMC 85; RSC 392. Gorgeous natural iridescent tone. The finest example we have seen. Outstanding! Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP
A Connoisseur's Collection of Ancient Jewish Coins.
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$6,169 |
Lot 2109 |
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Vespasian. Silver Denarius (3.37 g), AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Lugdunum, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIANVS AVG TR P, laureate head of Vespasian. Reverse: IVDAEA [DE]VICTA, Judaea standing left before palm tree; holding bound hands at waist. RIC 1120; Hendin 1488; Lyon 12; BN 297; BMC 389; RSC 243. Very Rare. Toned. Unusually pleasing surfaces free from corrosion and other defects. Very Fine. Estimate Value $2,500 - 3,000
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$4,994 |
Lot 2110 |
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Vespasian. Æ Sestertius (25.47 g), AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Rome, AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head of Vespasian right. Reverse: IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, emperor, in military attire, standing right, resting foot on helmet set on ground, holding spear and parazonium; before him, palm tree beneath which Judaea seated right, resting head on hand, in attitude of mourning. RIC 167; Hendin 1504; BN 497-8; BMC 546. Well struck and perfectly centered. A pleasant dark green patina. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - 6,000
A Connoisseur's Collection of Ancient Jewish Coins.
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$7,050 |
Lot 2111 |
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Vespasian. Gold Aureus (7.13 g), AD 69-79. Judaea Capta type. Rome, restoration issue under Trajan, ca. AD 107. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head of Vespasian. Reverse: IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, captive, wearing trousers and cape, kneeling right at base of trophy. RIC 827; Hendin 1601a; Woytek 861; cf. BN 481; BMC; Calicó 706. Extremely Rare. Some minor scattered light scratches and light graffiti. Perfectly centered. Very Fine. Estimate Value $20,000 - 25,000
A Connoisseur's Collection of Ancient Jewish Coins.
Upon Trajan's return to Rome in A.D. 107 after the Dacian Wars, he turned his attention to several massive building projects, which included a new aqueduct, the Aqua Traiana, which brought water from Etruria to feed his new baths, the Via Traiana, a road linking Beneventum and Brundisium, a new harbor at the mouth of the Tiber, and his magnificent new forum, the Forum Traiani with its column which recorded his campaigns in Dacia. In order to finance all the new construction, he had the immense booty taken from the Dacians, but he also recalled the older, worn precious metal coins then in circulation and had it melted and restruck at a slightly lower standard. Most of this newly issued coinage consisted of traditional reverse types. However, he also struck at this time his "restoration" coinage, which copies many of the older types removed from circulation as well as several of his deified predecessors. These copies linked Trajan's regime to Rome's illustrious past, but were struck only in token numbers and are all quite rare today.
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$36,425 |
Lot 2112 |
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Hadrian. Æ Sestertius (24.49 g), AD 117-138. Rome, ca. AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare-headed and draped bust of Hadrian right. Reverse: ADVENTVI AVG IVDAEAE, S C in exergue, Hadrian, togate, standing right, holding roll and facing Judaea standing left, sacrificing out of patera over altar; at either side of Judaea, child standing left, holding palm branch; behind altar, bull recumbant left. RIC 890c; Hendin 1604; BMC 1655. Extremely Rare and an historically important type. Glossy brown and green patina with flecks of red. Choice Very Fine. Estimate Value $7,000 - 9,000
Ex Antiqua XVII (2013), 108 A Connoisseur's Collection of Ancient Jewish Coins.
Hadrian traveled extensively throughout the Roman provinces during his reign, and struck an number of reverse types to commemorate each province he visited. These highly collectible coins are generally referred to by numismatists as Hadrian's "Travel Series.' One of the most difficult to obtain of the entire series - and probably the rarest of these commemorative coins - honors the province of Judaea, which Hadrian visited in the summer of AD 130. The reverse depicts the emperor facing Judaea, who is the act of sacrificing at an altar flanked by a bull. It is particularly poignant as it alludes the loyalty of the province to the central government in Rome. It is not known whether this type dates immediately to Hadrian's visit in AD 130 or perhaps later, either during or after the outbreak of the Bar Kokhba Revolt (AD 132-135), but here we follow the dating of AD 134-138 proposed by Mattingly and Sutherland in RIC II.
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$12,338 |
Lot 2113 |
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Judaea Capta - 3 piece lot. Consists of the following Silver Denarii: H-1479 (2 pcs) and H-1482. Each is a Fine example. Estimate Value $300 - 400
Ex The Living Torah Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
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$235 |
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