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The First Bar Kochba Small Bronze

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1344. Estimate $200. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ 18mm (5.71 g, 11h). Dated year 1 (132/3 CE). “Year one of the redemption of Israel” in Hebrew across fields, palm tree with two bunches of dates / “Eleazar the Priest” in Hebrew, grape bunch on vine. Mildenberg 147 (O1/R1); Meshorer 225; AJC II 7; Hendin 681; Bromberg 255 (same dies). Good VF, dark green-brown patina, a few light deposits.