Lot 2585
Large Bronze (31mm, 14.74g) dated year 2 (132/3 C.E.). . Hen-704. . AJC 38a. Mild 18 [13 specimens cited]. Inscription within wreath. Reverse: Amphora with fluted body. Edge crack (common to this issue); Extremely Fine.
As the war went on, the large bronzes in circulation were hoarded. None were struck during year 3, and the examples we have of year One were invariably struck on heavier Roman host coins. The large bronzes dated year 2 were restruck on much thinner and lighter flans, such as this one. Notice on the obverse of this beautiful coin that there are two different kinds of parallel lines. The ones at the edge were made with a file on the original host coin to better deface the hated pagan inscriptions; they are seen incised on the coin. The lines in the central field around the Palaeo-Hebrew inscription were also made by a file, but on the die itself, and are therefore raised on the coin; these were made in order to make the field more even and to strengthen the die.
Estimated Value $12,500 - 17,500.
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