Auction 090
Gallery auction - archaeology, numismatics, Judaika, Eretz Israel, art and more
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Sep 2, 2015
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 170:
A medium bronze coin (Dupondius), the first year of Bar Kochba Revolt
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Sold for: $450
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450
Estimated price :
$650 - $450
Buyer's Premium: 20%
VAT: 17%
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A medium bronze coin (Dupondius), the first year of Bar Kochba Revolt
Obv.: Palm branch in wreath; around, Paleo-Hebrew inscription ![170 (2)]()
(Shimon prince of Israel). Rev: Harp with five strings surrounded by the inscription ![170]()
(year one of the redemption of Israel). 132/3 C.E. 10.25 grams, 23¾ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 65, no. 223b. The Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-135 CE) used similar symbols and inscriptions to the First Revolt. It broke out some seventy years after the destruction of the Second Temple and fifteen years after a Jewish revolt in the diaspora. The tragic consequences of the Revolt led to a pun on the name Bar Kokhba, Bar Cosiba, “son of the lie”. Bar-Kokhba coins were struck on Roman coins.
