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The Bar Kokhba War, 132-135 CE. AR Denar (3.53 g) attributed to year 3 (134-135 CE). VF-EF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
The Bar Kokhba War, 132-135 CE. AR Denar (3.53 g) attributed to year 3 (134-135 CE). VF-EF
The Bar Kokhba War, 132-135 CE. AR Denar (3.53 g) attributed to year 3 (134-135 CE). Palaeo-Hebrew inscription "Shim'on" within wreath topped by a medallion and terminating in ribbon ties. Reverse: Kithara (elaborate lyre with soundbox) with three strings; around, Palaeo-Hebrew inscription "For the Freedom of Jerusalem". Mild 130 [108 examples cited]; H-1429. Uncleaned. Very Fine to Extremely Fine. .

Die matching work is accomplished with the corpus published in 1984, The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War, authored by the eminent scholar Leo Mildenberg, who possessed two doctorates — one earned, one bestowed in honor. The uncleaned nature of most of these here-offered denars is both attractive and frustrating, and can preclude secure identification of dies and/or understrikings due to the encrustations .
Estimated Value $300 - 400.

Provenance: Harold Chopp Collection.