Lot
# 348 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$20000
/ Price Realized: US$37500
Bar Kokhba Revolt. Large Bronze
Bar Kokhba Revolt. 132-135 AD. Large Bronze, 17.55g. . , Year 1, 132/133 AD. Obv: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in two lines (Jerusalem). Rx: Amphora with two handles, paleo-Hebrew around (year one of the redemption of Israel). Hendin 676. Mildenberg 15 (only one other example listed). About EF.
Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection.
Quite unusual to find these "Abu Jara" coins so beautifully struck and so well-centered. An excellent specimen.