Lot 63
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Small Bronze (5.01 g), 132-135 CE. Year 1 (132/3 CE). 'Eleazar the priest' (Paleo-Hebrew), seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. Rev. 'Year one of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf. (Mildenberg 149 (O1/R3); TJC 224a; Hendin 1380c). Very rare - only five examples cited in Mildenberg. Dark earthen-green patina. Extremely fine. Estimate $600UP
Ex NFA XXVI (14 August 1991), lot 160.
Tthis small bronze denomination variety of the first year (132/3 CE) of the Bar Kochba War is notable for the variant form of its paleo-Hebrew obverse inscription.
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