| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients JUDAEA. Bar Kokhba Revolt (AD 132-135). AR sela (26mm, 14.12 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5, lamination. Dated Year 2 (AD 133/4). Simon (Paleo-Hebrew) on two sides, star above façade of the Jerusalem Temple, the Ark of the Covenant seen from end in center of entrance / Year two of the Freedom of Israel (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog to left. GBC 6, 6417. Mildenberg 140, 43 (same dies). TJC 233. AJC II 267, 16a. This beautiful specimen showcases a clear legend from the undertype, highlighting the significant political message its existence conveyed. From the Bob Klein History of Money Collection. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3061 (7 January 2018), lot 29290; Shoshana Collection (Heritage Auctions, Auction 3018, 5 September 2012), lot 20173 Overstruck on Trajan Syria, Antioch tetradrachm with outline of his portrait and a partial legend of the host coin visible on reverse: NEP TRAINO. Unlike coins of the first Jewish War against Rome (AD 66-70), all coins of the Bar Kokhba Revolt were overstruck on Roman Provincial issues already in circulation, mainly silver tetradrachms and drachms of Antioch, Tyre, and Caesarea in Cappadocia, as well as Roman silver denarii. The government of Simon Bar Kokhba mainly controlled the Judaean hinterlands, hiding men and equipment in an elaborate network of underground caves and tunnels, and did not have the time or resources to set up a full-fledged mint with smelting, refining and casting capabilities. All the same, it must have given the rebel mintmasters a certain thrill to hammer flat the images of the Roman emperors and Pagan deities who they hoped to banish from Israel altogether. The imagery of Bar Kokhba coins focuses upon the symbols related to the original Temple of Jerusalem - the façade of which appears on the obverse of the large silver tetradrachm-sized selas, and the Feast of Tabernacles, with the lulav and etrog occupying the reverse. Coins struck during the first and second years of the revolt carry a date ("Year One / Two of the Redemption of Israel"), while coins struck during the third year (AD 134-135) are undated. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/judaea/ancients-judaea-bar-kokhba-revolt-ad-132-135-ar-sela-26mm-1412-gm-1h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-4-5-lamination/a/3115-31034.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 5000-7000 USD |  |
