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Very Rare H-1381 Year One Small Bronze
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Small Bronze (4.36 g), 132-135 CE. Year 1 (132/3 CE). ‘Jerusalem’
(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 151 (O1/R5); TJC 227;
Hendin 1381).
Very rare.
Green patina with earthen highlights. Nearly extremely fine.
$ 2,000
Purchased privately from H. Kriendler, November 1997.
This small bronze denomination is linked to the silver sela’im and one series of large bronze denominations of the first year (132/3
CE) of the Bar Kochba War through the use of a paleo-Hebrew legend naming Jerusalem instead of Simon bar Kochba.
65 Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Small Bronze (4.81 g), 132-135 CE. Irregular issue. Year 1 (132/3 CE).
‘Jerusalem’ (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 227 (O3/
R3); TJC 228; Hendin 1381b).
Extremely rare - (Mildenberg cites just one specimen.
Dark green patina.
Very fine.
$ 1,000
Purchased privately, January 1988.
Besides dated Year One, the coarse style and the leaf-like treatment of the grape bunch identify this as the product of the irregular
rebel mint. The rarity of this particular issue may be gauged by the fact that only one specimen was cited by (Mildenberg.