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Vespasian, 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D.
Copper as, RIC II-1 336, BMCRE II 616, BnF III 595, Cohen I 632, Hunter I 119, SRCV I -, Choice VF, superb portrait, well centered on a tight flan, green patina with bare metal high points, scattered porosity, Rome mint, weight 11.694g, maximum diameter 26.9mm, die axis 180o, 71 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head right; reverse VICTORIA NAVALIS (the naval victory), Victory standing right on a galley prow, wreath in extended right hand, palm frond over left shoulder in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking low across field; from an Israeli collection, Ex Forum paul1888
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BYZANTINE. Simaias and Xenon. Circa 6th century AD
PB Tessera (20mm, 7.24 g, 12 h)
Block monogram: CIMAIAC
Block monogram: XENΩNOC
BLS -; DOCBS -
Found in IsraelArdatirion
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006a9. NeroBronze AE 25, Caesarea Maritima 4 (same dies); RPC Online I 4862; Sofaer 7 ff.; Rosenberger 5 ff.; SNG ANS 753 ff.; Baramki 2 ff (Keisaria, Israel), 14.258g, 24.8mm, 45o, 68 A.D.; obverse NEPΩN ΣEBAΣTOΣ KAICAP (from upper right), laureate head right; reverse KAIΣAPIA H ΠPOΣ ΣEBAΣTΩ ΛIME (from upper right), Tyche standing left, right foot resting on prow, bust in extended right hand, standard vertical behind in left hand, L IΔ in lower left field. A FORUM coin.lawrence c
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012p Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), Judaea, Jerusalem, RPC I 4971, Antonius Felix Procurator, under Claudius, (52-60 A.D.), AE-16(Prutah), BRIT/K-AI, Six branched palm tree, #1012p Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), Judaea, Jerusalem, RPC I 4971, Antonius Felix Procurator, under Claudius, (52-60 A.D.), AE-16(Prutah), BRIT/K-AI, Six branched palm tree, #1
avers: NEPΩ KΛAY KAICAP, Two crossed shields and spears. (Nero (Caesar)).
reverse: BRIT/K-AI, Six branched palm tree bearing two bunches of dates, L-IΔ, K-AI across the field. (Britannicus (Caesar)).
exergue: L/IΔ//K/AI, diameter: 16,0mm, weight: 2,28g, axes: 0h,
mint: City: Jerusalem, Region: Judaea, Province: Judaea,
date: Dated Year of Claudius (Year 14 = 54 A.D.)
ref: RPC I 4971, Hedin 652,
Q-001quadrans
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03 Constantius IIConstantius II, 22 May 337 - 3 November 361 A.D.
Bronze AE 3
obverse D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, soldier spearing Horseman,hair in braids, bearded, clutching, ANB
Antioch 188
Found in Israel Randygeki(h2)
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053. 2'nd Jewish (bar Kokhba) Revolt.Zuz (denarius), attributed to Year 3 (134-35 AD).
Obverse: (Shim'on) / Bunch of Grapes.
Reverse: (For the Freedom of Jerusalem) / Lyre with three strings.
3.19 gm., 18.5 mm.
Mildenberg #205.19 (this coin); Hendin #734.
This coin likely started out as a denarius of one of the Roman emperors between Vespasian and Hadrian. Many coins of the Second Jewish Revolt show traces of the earlier Roman coin. This coin is no exception, and traces of the previous coin can be seen on the obverse in and around the bunch of grapes.
The bunch of grapes on the obverse is an ancient symbol of blessing and fertility. As such it occasionally appears on ancient coins of other areas besides this series. Given the messianic nature of the Bar Kokhba revolt, the bunch of grapes takes on added significance because in Jewish prophetic literature, grapes (and the vine or vineyard) are often symbolic of the restoration of Israel, or even symbolic of Israel itself.
The lyre on the reverse is associated with temple worship, as are trumpets, which are also found on coins of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. King David is mentioned as playing a lyre, and there are numerous Biblical references to praising the Lord with the lyre and trumpets. (The word "kinnor," sometimes translated as "harp," is really a type of lyre.) Even today the lyre is an important Jewish symbol and the state of Israel has chosen to portray it on the half New Israeli Sheqel coin. Callimachus
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08-02 - Antioco IV, Epiphanes (175 - 164 A.C.)Antíoco IV Epífanes (Αντίοχος Επιφανής en griego, 215 adC-163 adC) fue rey de Siria de la dinastía Seléucida desde c. 175 adC-164 adC.
Era hijo de Antíoco III Megas y hermano de Seleuco IV Filopator. Originalmente fue llamado Mitríades, pero adoptó el nombre de Antíoco tras su ascensión al trono (o quizás tras la muerte de su hermano mayor, también Antíoco).
Subió al trono tras la muerte de su hermano Seleuco IV Filopátor que gobernó durante poco tiempo antes que él, hasta que Heliodoro, tesorero suyo, lo mató por ambición. Había vivido en Roma según los términos de la paz de Apamea (188 adC), pero acababa de ser intercambiado por el hijo y legítimo heredero de Seleuco IV, el futuro (Demetrio I Sóter). Antíoco se aprovechó de la situación, y junto con su otro hermano Antíoco, se proclamó rey con el apoyo de Eumenes II de Pérgamo y el hermano de éste, Atalo I. Su hermano Antíoco sería asesinado pocos años después.
Por su enfrentamiento con Ptolomeo VI, que reclamaba Coele-Syria, atacó e invadió Egipto, conquistando casi todo el país, con la salvedad de la capital, Alejandría. Llegó a capturar al rey, pero para no alarmar a Roma, decicidió reponerlo en el trono, aunque como su marioneta. Sin embargo, los alejandrinos habían elegido al hermano de éste, Ptolomeo VII Euergetes como rey, y tras su marcha decidieron reinar conjuntamente. Esto le obligó a reinvadir el país, y así el 168 adC, repitiendo la invasión, con su flota conquistaba Chipre. Cerca de Alejandría se encontró con el cónsul romano Cayo Popilio Laenas, instó a abandonar Egipto y Chipre. Cuando Antíoco replicó que debía consultarlo con su consejo, Popilio trazó un círculo en la arena rodeándole y le dijo: "píensalo aquí". Viendo que abandonar el círculo sin haber ordenado la retirada era un desafío a Roma decidió ceder con el fin de evitar una guerra.
A su regreso, organizó una expedición contra Jerusalén, qué saqueo cruelmente. Según él Libro de los Macabeos, promulgó varias ordenanzas de tipo religioso: trató de suprimir el culto a Yahveh, prohibió el judaísmo suspendiendo toda clase de manifestación religiosa y trató de establecer el culto a los dioses griegos. Pero el sacerdote judío Matatías y sus dos hijos llamados Macabeos consiguieron levantar a la población en su contra y lo expulsaron. La fiesta judía de Jánuca conmemora este hecho.
Antíoco, en campaña contra el Imperio Parto, envió varios ejércitos sin éxito. Mientras organizaba una expedición punitiva para retomar Israel personalmente le sobrevino la muerte. Le sucedió su hijo Antíoco V Eupátor.
Su reinado fue la última época de fuerza y esplendor para el Imperio Seleúcida, que tras su muerte se vio envuelto en devastadoras guerras dinásticas. (Wikipedia)
AE (Canto aserrado) 15 mm 3.5 gr.
Anv: Busto velado de Laodicea IV (Esposa de Seleuco IV y Hermana de Antíoco IV) viendo a der. Grafila de puntos.
Rev: "BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY" - Cabeza de elefante a izquierda, proa de galera a izquierda (El elefante simboliza las aspiraciones orientales de los reyes de Seleucia además de ser una de las grandes armas de su arsenal y la proa su importancia como ciudad puerto).
Ceca: Seleucia de Pieria (Costa N. de Siria - Puerto de Antioquía) o Akke Ptolomais
Referencias : B.M.C. Vol.4 (Seleucid Kings of Syria) #3 Pag.43 - SC#1477.2 - Houghton #113 - HGS #684-6 Pag.9 - SNG Spaer #1017-40 - SNG Cop #184 - Hoover #685 mdelvalle
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12-02 - Demetrio II, Nicator (1er.Reino 145 - 139 A.C.)Demetrio II Nicátor de la dinastía Seléucida, fue rey de Siria en dos períodos: 146 - 139 A.C. y 129 - 126 A.C. Huyó a Creta tras la derrota y muerte de su padre, Demetrio I Sóter, pero regresó después, proclamándose rey. Fue puesto en fuga casi inmediatamente por el general Diodoto, que primero proclamó rey a un hijo de Alejandro Balas, Antíoco VI Dioniso, y luego a sí mismo con el nombre de Trifón. Demetrio marchó en guerra contra el rey de Partia, Mitrídates I, siendo derrotado y capturado en 139 A.C.
En 129 fue puesto en libertad, con la esperanza de provocar una guerra entre él y su hermano Antíoco VII Evergetes. Sin embargo, Antíoco murió antes de que estallara el conflicto, con lo que Demetrio II se proclamó rey de nuevo. Poco después fue derrotado y muerto por el rey de Egipto Ptolomeo VIII, que sostenía al usupador Alejandro Zabinas. Le sucedió su hijo Seleuco V Filométor, bajo la regencia de su viuda Cleopatra Tea. (Wikipedia)
AE 18 x 19 mm 4.9 gr.
Anv: Busto con diadema de Demetrio II viendo a derecha. Grafila de puntos.
Rev: "BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY – TYPIΩN (por Tiro)" - Popa de Galera (Simboliza el poderío naval de Tiro Fenicia bajo los Seléucidas).
Acuñación: 145/4 A.C.
Ceca: Seleucia en Tiro - Fenicia
Referencias: Houghton #753 – SNG Spaer #1722 - B.M.C. Vol.4 (Seleucid Kings of Syria) #20-22 Pag.60 - Sear GCTV Vol.2 #7070 Pag.661 - SNG Israel #1708.mdelvalle
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2 Copper Boat NailsThese are nails found in a sunken ship from Caesarea, Israel. Aarmale
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22237 Alexander I Balas/Elephant22237 Alexander I Balas/Elephant
Obv: Head of Dionysos wreathed with ivy, facing right.
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔΡOY (King Alexander).
Elephant walking left
14.8mm 3.7g
References: SNG Israel #1477ff; SC #1791; HGC, Vol. 9, #919.
Blayne W
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23-06 - AntÃoco XII, Dionysos Epiphanes Philopator Kaliniko (87/6 - 84 A.C.)Antíoco XII Dioniso fue un rey de Siria de la dinastía seleúcida, hermano de Demetrio III, al que sucedió tras ser éste capturado por los partos. Fue el ultimo rey seleúcida en el sur de Siria, debido a la decadencia irremediable de los reinos helenísticos, debido a que había problemas en todas partes, sus hermanos estaban enzarzados en guerras fraticidas o habían sido derrotados por Tigranes el Grande y se habían convertido en poco más que una dinastía de reyezuelos macedonios sin ningún poder efectivo. Debido a todo ello y al afán de controlar las rutas comerciales, los árabes nabateos se atrevieron a atacar uno a uno a los debilitados reinos seleúcidas, por lo que Antíoco XII se vio obligado a reclutar un ejército de grecomacedonios y mercenarios sirios que marcharon con la esperanza de expulsar a los árabes y ampliar los acosados dominios seleúcidas. En consecuencia, se dirigió al combate contra los nabateos con un ejército mal pertrechado, como si se dirigiera a una escaramuza insignificante contra una tribu sin poder en la época de los grandes seleúcidas. Al tercer día de marcha los ejercitos se encontraron: los grecosirios agotados de Antíoco XII y los bien pertrechados y descansados árabes. Como era de esperar, los seleúcidas fueron contundentemente derrotados en la batalla subsiguiente. Antíoco XII cayó en la batalla y poco después los nabateos tomaron igualmente Damasco con lo cual el territorio quedó en poder árabe, del que ya no llegaría a salir jamás. La poblacion griega se diluyó totalmente entre los invasores, aunque hubo intentos de reconquistar Damasco por parte del sobrino de Antíoco, Filipo II Filorromano, hijo del hermano de Antíoco Filipo I Filadelfo; pero poco después Filipo II fue asesinado por orden de los romanos, lo que significó el fin definitivo de los seleúcidas y el inicio de la provincia romana de Siria.(Wikipedia)
AE 16 mm 4.6 gr.
Anv: Busto barbado y diademado de Antíoco viendo a derecha. Grafila de puntos.
Rev: "BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EÎ IΦANOYΣ ΦIΛOÎ ATOPOΣ KAΛΛINIKOY” ( de Rey / Antíoco / Dios Hacedor de manifiestos / Padre amante / Vencedor de finas batallas) - Nike (Victoria) avanzando a derecha, sosteniendo corona en mano derecha extendida y rama de palma en la izquierda.
Acuñación: 86 - 84 A.C.
Ceca: Damasco en Siria
Referencias: SNG Spaer (Israel) 2890 var – 2894 - Babelon E. Vol.1, pl.XXVIII, 14 - Sear GCTV Vol.2 #7201 Pag.675 mdelvalle
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25 mils Israel's first coin, 194925 mil coin of aluminum, 3.5grams, 30 mm, Mintage: 650,000 (total: open link & closed link mintage).
Obverse: Grapes as in Bar-Kochba revolt coinage.
Reverse: Wreath as in Hasmonean dynasty coinage.
Reference: Israel KM8
Added to collection: June 20, 2005Daniel F
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4100 ARABIA, Petra. Hadrian TycheReference.
RPC III, 4100; Spijkerman 3; SNG ANS 1360-3 var. (bust type)
Issue Petra metropolis
Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ СƐΒΑϹΤΟС
Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian (seen from rear), r.
Rev. ΠƐΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙС
Turreted and veiled Tyche seated l. on rock, l., her r. hand extended, holding trophy in l.
13.35 gr
26 mm
6h
Note.
The Decapolis ("Ten Cities"; Greek: deka, ten; polis, city) was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Jordan, Israel and Syria. The ten cities were not an official league or political unit, but they were grouped together because of their language, culture, location, and political status, with each possessing a certain degree of autonomy and self-rule. The Decapolis cities were centers of Greek and Roman culture in a region that was otherwise Semitic (Nabatean, Aramean, and Jewish). With the exception of Damascus, Hippos and Scythopolis, the "Region of the Decapolis" was located in modern-day Jordan.
Petra (GreekΠέτρα, Petra, meaning "stone"; okidoki
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50 mils Palestine, 193972% silver and 28% copper, 23.5 mm, 5.83 grams (90 grains), reeded (milled) edge, dated 1939, 3,000,000 minted.
Obverse: “50 Mils” in English, Hebrew and Arabic.
Reverse: “Palestine” in English, Hebrew and Arabic and “Israel” in Hebrew around, palm branch with date – 1939 – in English and Arabic numerals.
Reference: Israel KM 6
Added to collection: July 15, 2005Daniel F
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A. Overstrike: Bar Kochba AE over Flavian AE, Hendin Plate CoinPhoto Credit: NYS (edited).
Judaea, Bar Kochba Rebellion AE Middle Bronze (25mm, 9.88 g, 6h; undertype Agrippa II – Titus [87/8 CE]), 133/4 CE.
Obv: 'Sma' (abbreviating Simon; Paleo-Hebrew). Seven-branched palm tree, two bunches of dates.
Rev: 'Year two of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew). Grape vine leaf on tendril. Undertype portrait of Titus visible.
Ref: Hendin GBC2, 160a (this coin illustrated).
Prov: Ex David Hendin Collection (w/ his tag), Goldberg Sale 21 (15-17 2003, Pre-Long Beach Auction), Lot 1607; CNG e-538 (10 May 2023), Lot 244.
Also: NY Sale 48 (14 Jan 2020), Lot 90; Goldberg 116 (2 Jun 2020), Lot 894; CNG e-486 (24 Feb 2021), Lot 245; NY Sale 54 (11 Jan 2022), Lot 105.
Notes: A fascinating overstrike with visible Flavian bust, probably a “Judaea Capta” issue of Agrippa II struck in Caesarea Paneas, 75/6 CE. In my opinion, the undertype is RPC II 2285 & the bust of Titus is a die match to ex. 7 (ex Galst).Curtis JJ
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A. Plautius denarius 55 BCEA. Plautius.
AED • CVR • S • C downwards to left, A • PLAVTIVS downward to right
Turreted head of Cybele right, wearing cruciform earring, hair in knot, locks falling down neck;
IVDAEVS upward to right, BACCHIVS in exergue.
Bearded male figure (Aristobulus II) kneels right with palm branch in left hand, alongside camel
Rome, 55 BCE.
3.75g
Hendin 6470
Ex-Taters
The very first Judaea Capta type commemorating the defeat of Aristobulus II in trying to usurp the High Priesthood and Kingship from his brother Hyrcanus II.
From Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins volume 6:
"Bacchus the Jew has been an enigma in numismatics. The most popular opinion is that the figure on the coin represents Aristobulus II, ally of Aretas III, and commemorates Aristobulus' unsuccessful insurrection against both his brother Hyrcanus II and Pompey the Great.
"I suggest that BACCHIVS IVDAEVS is not only half-playful, but tauntingly mean and mischievous as well. There are numerous suggestions that many Romans and Greeks believed the ancient Jewish religion to be a cult of Dionysus, the popular god of grapes and winemaking, feasting, drunken behavior, and ecstasy. Josephus does not discuss any aspects of Bacchus and the Jews, but he mentions that Herod I presented a golden vine to the Temple. It was used to hang donatives of golden grapes and vine leaves and the vine was said to be part of the booty taken to Rome by Titus. Among the important prayers in Judaism, both ancient and modern, are those prayers that call upon the monotheistic God to bless "the fruit of the vine."
Grapes were also one of the seven species listed in Deuteronomy 8:8 as special products of the ancient Land of Israel. The relationship the Greeks and Romans fantasized to exist between the Jews and Dionysus may also be related to the traditional mythology that Dionysus was the son of Semele, "who was the daughter of Cadmus, who, being a Phoenician, was a Semite who spoke a language closely akin to Hebrew." (GBC p. 367)"Jay GT4
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AE Dagger #01Canaanite
early to mid 2nd millennium BC
17cm (6.7”)
Description:
This dagger blade is from the Shlomo Zeitsov collection. It was sold by the collector’s nephew, who reports that it was found in Israel. It is tang-less and has three rivet holes, of which only one remains fully encircled by bronze.
Ex-Shlomo Zeitsov collectionKamnaskires
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Alexander I, Balas, 152 - 145 BCObv: No legend, diademed head of Alexander I facing right.
Rev: AΠAMEΩN on right, Zeus standing left holding Corinthian helmet (detail missing) and a scepter, ΓΞP in field before him, ΩA in monogram. Branch counterstamp.
Æ 21, Apameia mint, 150 - 145 BC
6.2 grams, 21.5 mm, 0°
SNG Israel 1489Matt Inglima
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Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 103 - 76 B.C. Bronze prutah, Hendin 478Judean Kingdom, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 103 - 76 B.C. Bronze prutah, Hendin 478, overstruck on an earlier prutot, aF, Jerusalem mint, 1.92g, 14.6mm, 180o, obverse Hebrew inscription, Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews, within wreath; reverse, double cornucopia with pomegranate between horns. This type has been reattributed from Hyrcanus II to Alexander Jannaeus by Hendin and Shachar in 'The Identity of YNTN on Hasmonean Overstruck Coins and the Chronology of the Alexander Jannaeus Types,' Israel Numismatic Research 3, 2008: 87-94. It appears this type was overstruck on earlier coins of Alexander Jannaeus that had never been released from the mint. Ex FORVMPodiceps
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Alexander the Great - tetradrachm of Ake (St John of Acre, Israel) of 323-322 BCHead of young Heracles right
AΛEΞANΔPOY , Zeus seated left holding eagle , in field -Io (phoenician letters) above IIII'' (date = 323-322 BC)
I did not clean it, it is as found. Ginolerhino
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Antiochos IV, 175-164 BC Æ16, 4.1g, 12h; Antioch mint.
Obv.: King's radiate head right.
Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY; Zeus standing left, scepter in right hand; monogram in left field.
Reference: SNG Israel 1192 / 16-394-55John Anthony
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Antiochos VI, Dionysos, 145 - 142 BC Obv: No legend, radiate head of Antiochos VI, wreathed in ivy, facing right.
Rev: BAΣIAEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY / (ΣEB) / EΠIΦANOYΣ / (ΔIONYΣOY), an elephant advancing left holding a torch in its trunk.
Serrated Æ 23, Antioch mint, c. 145 - 142 BC
7.6 grams, 23 mm, 0°
GCV II 7081, SNG Israel 1777 Matt Inglima
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Antiochos VII AE15 Hendin 451Ae15, 15mm, 2.70g.
Obverse: BASILEWS ANTIOXOS EUERGETOI, Upside-down anchot.
Reverse: Lily in dotted circle.
BPR (131-130 BC)
Hendin 451.
Despite being struck in Antiochos' name, this is dated to the time when Hyrcanus I had actually gained control of Jerusalem, where they seem to have been struck. There is thus a good case for the claim that they were minted by Hyrcanus, and in a very real sense, constitute the first clearly 'Jewish' coins, since they inaugurate the tradition of coins without images. The earlier Yehud coins are probably better seen as 'Israelite' rather than 'Jewish'; they use images, and it's uncertain how far the term 'Judaioi' was in use at the time, or to whom it applied.Robert_Brenchley
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Antiochos XII 87-84 BCAntiochus XII 87–86/5 BC, Damascus mint Ae 22mm, Weight 7.1g. Obv: Beardless diademed bust of Antiochus XII right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ – Tyche standing left with palm branch in right hand and cornucopia in left, dotted border. Reference: SC 2, 2476; SNG Israel I, Nos. 2900–2902. SPAER 2897
Antiochus XII Dionysus (Epiphanes/Philopator/Callinicus), a ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom who reigned 87–84 BC, was the fifth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and Tryphaena to take up the diadem. He succeeded his brother Demetrius III Eucaerus as separatist ruler of the southern parts of the last remaining Seleucid realms, basically Damascus and its surroundings.
Antiochus initially gained support from Ptolemaic forces and was the last Seleucid ruler of any military reputation, even if it was on a local scale. He made several raids into the territories of the Jewish Hasmonean kings, and tried to check the rise of the Nabataean Arabs. A battle against the latter turned out to be initially successful, until the young king was caught in a melee and killed by an Arab soldier. Upon his death the Syrian army fled and mostly perished in the desert. Soon after, the Nabateans conquered Damascus.
Antiochus' titles - apart from Dionysos - mean respectively (God) Manifest, Father-loving and Beautiful Victor. The last Seleucid kings often used several epithets on their coins.ddwau
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Antiochus II, Theos 261 - 246 B.C.Antiochus II, Theos 261 - 246 B.C. Ae16.0~16.7mm. 4.28g. Sardes mint. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo r. with curly hair falling down back of neck. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, tripod-lebes; ΙΔΙ monogram to left, HXP monogram to right, in ex., anchor r. Ref: SNG Israel 351ff, Newell WSM 1410. SC 525•1c ddwau
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Antiochus IIIAntiochus III, AE 6, Sardeis. Obv: Antiochus III facing right; Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ above elephant advancing left, anchor before.
SNG Israel 615 var.; Hoover HGC 9, 560 (R1).Molinari
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Antiochus IVFrom my uncleaned batch I got back in November. I love this little guy, though I am mildly embarrassed at how far into the cleaning process I got before I realized that was a head!
SC 1479. Struck circa 173/172 - 168 BC. Series 2 from the mint of Ake, known as Antioch in Ptolemais at the time, now known as Acre, Israel. EvaJupiterSkies
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175 - 164 B.C.Antiochus IV Epiphanes Ae 19, 5.28g. Akko, Galilee, Ake Ptolemais mint. Obv: Radiate head of Antiochos IV right. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOÎ¥, Nike in galloping biga left, monogram below horses. Ptolemais is today Acre, Israel. SNG Spaer 1141v, SC 1484.2, SNG Israel I, Nos. 1141–43. ddwau
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175 - 164 B.C.Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175 - 164 B.C. Ae 20.2~20.6mm. 5.35g. Akko, Galilee, Ake Ptolemais mint. Obv: Radiate head of Antiochus IV right. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOÎ¥, Nike in galloping biga left, monogram below horses. SNG Spaer 1141v, SC 1484.2, SNG Israel I, Nos. 1141–43, HGC 9, 669.ddwau
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175 - 164 B.C.Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175 - 164 B.C. Ae 18.0~20.0mm. 6.07g. Akko, Galilee, Ake Ptolemais mint. Obv: Radiate head of Antiochus IV right. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOÎ¥, Nike in galloping biga left. SNG Spaer 1141v, SC 1484.2, SNG Israel I, Nos. 1141–43, HGC 9, 669.ddwau
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Antiochus IX, Nike, AE19Antiochus IX 114-95 B.C. 19mm, 5.7g. Obverse: Winged bust of Eros right. Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding wreath. Sear GCV II 7173. SNG Israel 2743.Podiceps
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Antiochus VII 139-128 BCAntiochus VII 139-128 BC, bronze / ISIS Headdress
SNG Israel 1961 It is an Eros. Coin #653
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Antiochus VII Euergetes-Sidetes, 138 - 129 B.C.Antiochus VII, 138-129 BC, Ae 11, weight 1.23g. Obv: Prow of galley ship's ram right. Rev: ΑΝΤΙΟΞΟΥ, Caps of Dioscouroi. SNG Israel 1973ff.
ddwau
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Antiochus VII Euergetes-Sidetes, 138 - 129 B.C.Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 B.C. Ae 14.3~16.7mm. 3.31g. Antioch mint. Dated (177 SE = 136/135 B.C.) Obv: Lion's head right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - EYEPΓETOY, club, ∆ left, IOP below. SC 2068. SNG Israel 1938. Houghton 281-282.ddwau
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Antiochus VII Euergetes-Sidetes, 138 - 129 B.C.Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 B.C. Ae 13.1~15.5mm. 2.94g. Antioch mint. Obv: Lion's head right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - EYEPΓETOY, club. SC 2068. SNG Israel 1938. Houghton 281-282.ddwau
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Antiochus VII Euergetes-Sidetes, 138 - 129 B.C.Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 B.C. Ae 13.0~13.6mm. 2.93g. Antioch mint. Obv: Lion's head right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - EYEPΓETOY, club. SC 2068. SNG Israel 1938. Houghton 281-282.ddwau
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Antiochus XII 87/6–84/3 B.C.Antiochus XII 87/6–84/3 B.C. Damascus mint 2nd issue Ae 20.7~21.1mm. 7.92g. Obv: Beardless diademed bust of Antiochus XII r., dotted border. Rev: ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟV ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟVC ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟC ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟV – Tyche standing l. with palm branch in right hand and cornucopia in left, dotted border. Reference: SC 2, 2476; SNG Israel I, Nos. 2900–2902. SPAER 2897 ddwau
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Antiquity New Kingdom Scarab of Tuthmosis IIINew Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. Tuthmosis III (circa 1504-1450 BC). Steatite scarab (14x10mm). Base engraved with the cartouche of Tuthmosis III; on the left, a Maat father and the crown of Lower Egypt. Intact, once glazed, pierced for mounting. Ex David Hendin collection. CNG Auction 93.
Scarabs were used as lucky and magical charms in ancient Egypt. Scarabs, such as this one, with the names of pharos, were particularly powerful, and were produced as protective amulets for the public. Hendin’s collection of scarabs were collected by him in Israel in the 1970s and 1980s.Lucas H
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Antoninus Pius Mount ArgaeusAntoninus Pius, Caesarea, Cappadocia, 138 - 161 AD, 21mm, 7.7g, BMC p. 64, 160, Struck 150 - 151 AD
OBV: ANTWNEINOC CEBAC, laureate head right;
REV: KAICAPEΩN TΡAΓAIΩ, Mount Argaeus, with tall peak and conical top, ET KΔ in ex.
Caesarea in Cappadocia should not be confused with Caesarea Philippi or Caesarea Maritima, both in modern Israel
SRukke
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Arabia, Esbus, Elagabal, Spijkerman 3Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 22, 9.49g, 22.34mm, 210°
mint of Esbus
obv. AVT M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.
rev. tetrastyle temple with central arch and side-wings with flat roofs; in the center Tyche as City-Goddes with short chiton and turreted, stg. half left, r. foot set on unknown object (head of bull?), holding in raised l. hand long sceptre and in extended r. hand unknown object (bust of emperor?)
l. and r. on the flat roofs A - V (Aurelia)
in ex. ECBOVC
ref. Spijkerman 3; Rosenberger IV, 3; Sofaer Collection 4; BMC Arabia p.29, 3
very rare, F+, dark green patina with sand incrustations which strengthen the contour
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!
Note: The obv. legend is a mix of Greek and Latin expressions: After AVT (Greek for Imperator) follows the name of the emperor in Latin.
Aurelia Esbus was situated near today's Amman/Jordan and is mentioned several times in the Bible under the name Heshbon. Originally it was a city of the Moabites which was conquered by the Israelites. During the Roman Empire it was known for its excellent springs.
Esbus has minted only under Elagabal. There are known only 6 types with no more than 3 obv. dies (Catalog of the BM).
Jochen
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Ascalon (Ashkelon, Israel) - TrajanCEBAC[TOC] , laureate bust of Trajan right.
ACLAΛΩ , female deity standing left holding standard and aphlaston (WTF ?) ; to the left, an altar ; to the right, a dove, and ΔIC : year 214 = 110-111 AD.
23 mm.
The dove is the sacred bird of the godess Derketo. The deity standing on this reverse may be a tyche, but may be Derketo too.Ginolerhino
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Ashdod; Lion/ DagonPhilistia; Gaza, Ashdod (in modern Israel), late 5th - early 4th century BC, Stater, 10,0 g, 21 mm, Lion walking right on ground / Fish god Dagon left with trident and wreath (Traité 1028, pl.CXXIII, 7, Phoenicia; BMC Phoenicia (uncertain), pl.XLV, 1; SNG Paris 421, Myriandros).Podiceps
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Athlit Bronze War Galley RamThe Athlit ram, found in 1980 off the coast of Israel near at Athlit Bay (just south of Haifa), is the one of a few surviving ancient war galley rams. Carbon 14 dating of timber remnants date it to between 530 BC and 270 BC. It was once fit on the prow of an ancient oared warship. This would be driven into the hull of an enemy ship in order to puncture it and thus sink, or at least disable, the ship. It is made of a single casting of bronze weighing 465kg and measures about 2.10m long. The ram is thus one of the largest bronze objects to survive from the ancient world and is currently on display in the National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel. Captured rams were once used to ornament Octavian's battle monument at Actium, Greece. Only the sockets that held them remain. The valuable bronze was melted long ago.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_ram
http://www.learningsites.com/Athlit/AthlitRam_home.php
For other recovered galley rams see:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2013/04/rare-bronze-rams-found-at-site-of-final.html
https://www.historytoday.com/ann-natanson/roman-naval-power-raising-ramJoe Sermarini
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Bar Kokhba Revolt AE Middle BronzeBar Kokhba Revolt (AD 132-135). AE middle bronze (24mm, 12.52 g, 11h). year 1 (AD 132/3). 'Simon, Prince of Israel', palm branch within wreath / 'Year One of the Redemption of Israel', wide lyre of five strings. EFOctopus Grabus
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Bar Kokhba Revolt “Silver Zuz”: 134-135 ADBar Kokhba Revolt Silver Zuz (Overstruck Denarius)
Denomination: Zuz
Year: 134-135 AD
Obverse: Paleo-Hebrew legend: Shim'on, bunch of grapes in three lobes hanging from branch, which has a tendril to the left and a leaf to the right;
Reverse: Paleo-Hebrew legend: for the freedom of Jerusalem, kithara with three strings;
Mint: Judean Mint
Weight & Measures: 3.35g; 18mm
Reference: Hendin 1435
Provenance: Ex. Bermondsey Coins (February 2024); Ex. Collection of Dr. Daniel Offer (1929-2013), of Chicago, US, before 1982.
Notes: Bar Kokhba revolt coinage. The revolt was led by Simon bar Kokhba and was the last of the major Jewish-Roman wars. The defeat of the Jewish people after 3 years essentially led to the disbandment of the Jewish state until the reformation of Israel almost 2000 years later.
Justin L1
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BCC BW24 Bronze Islamic Weight 1-6 Dirham IMG_5210Islamic Bronze Weight
Caesarea Maritima 1/6 Dirham
Fatimid Dynasty, 11th-13th Century CE
Obv: Arabic Kufic inscription: عمرا ن (‘IMRAN).
Rev: Blank. Flat, nearly square brick-shaped
slab, cut from a sheet of metal and stamped
in relief. AE 6.5 x 6.0 x 1.75mm. Wt: 0.47gm.
The meaning of 'IMRAN, a personal name, is
not known for certain in this context. The term
appears on numerous weights of many forms
and denominations, from Caesarea as well as
other sites in Israel. Holland, W.W.O.C.M., ch.8.
and cf. Holland, "ANSMN 31 (1986)" #460 ff.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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BCC CG28 "Daroma" Oil Lamp FragmentDecorated Oil Lamp Fragment
Caesarea Maritima
1st-2nd Century CE
Fragment of an Early Roman oil lamp
(Adler type D.3) consisting of a complete
nozzle and a remnant of the body. This
sub-type of the mould-made "Daroma" or
"Southern" group of oil lamps, is found in
two areas - along the northern coast of
Israel and in the Samaria Hills. Decoration
on these lamps, in this case an egg and
dart design, typically consists of a limited
number of simple patterns surrounding
a large filler hole and encircled by a rim.
The fabric of this piece is a medium fine
grained, light tan clay, with faint traces
of pale red/orange slip. The inside of the
nozzle shows evidence of the two part mould
seam which was smoothed over externally.
4.4 x 3.25 x 1.95cm. Weight: 11.76gm.
Cf. Adler 302-11, (Type D.3); RomQ Reference
Collection RSP7
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1974
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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Intact example, Adler "Daroma" type D.3:
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BCC L33 Lead Heart Shaped ObjectLead Heart Shaped Object
Uncertain Date
Small undecorated heart-shaped lead
object cut from a flat thin sheet of lead.
The function or purpose is unknown.
15.5 x 13 x 1.0mm. 1.22gm.
cf. L. Holland, "Weights and Weight-like
Objects from Caesarea Maritima" Hadera,
Israel 2009, Chapter 9, 191-194.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1974
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BCC L36 Lead Heart Shaped ObjectLead Heart-Shaped Object
Uncertain Date
Small undecorated heart-shaped lead
object cut from a very thin sheet of metal.
The function or purpose is unknown.
13 x 11.25 x 0.85mm. 0.73gm.
cf. L. Holland, "Weights and Weight-like
Objects from Caesarea Maritima" Hadera,
Israel 2009, Chapter 9, #193-#194; and
cf. BCC L33.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
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BCC LA4 Miniature Lead AmphoraLead Amphora
1st-4th Century CE
Type A variant
Hollow cast miniature lead vessel in the
shape of an elongated amphora with a
cylindrical or slightly funnel-shaped neck,
an everted rim, and small looped handles,
which are crushed. The almost straight
shoulders, only slightly broader than the
neck, taper in a straight line to a pointed
base. The body is in the unusual form of
an inverted four-sided pyramid. The decoration
consists of horizontal lines creating four registers
with no surviving linear or geometric elements.
The top register, below the shoulder, bears traces
of an inscription, possibly an O followed by an A,
but nothing else is discernible. The two halves are
slightly misaligned, more noticeably along one
seam than the other.
Pb 4.9 x 1.3 x 1.2cm 15.36gm.
cf. L. Y. Rahmani, Israel Museum Studies in
Archaeology, Volume 2 - 2003, Fig. 13.
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BCC LA6 Miniature Lead AmphoraLead Amphora
1st-4th Century CE?
Rahmani, Type B
Hollow cast miniature lead amphora with a
slightly funnel-shaped neck, everted rim,
and small looped handles, only one of which
survives with an occluded opening. The upper
and lower attachment points are linked by
horizontal lines. The wide, almost straight
shoulders taper in a curved line to a narrow
elongated stump base with vertical fluting.
There is no exact parallel to this style of base
in the reference cited below. The only remaining
decoration on the body consists of horizontal
lines creating two or three registers with just
traces of a possible inscription still visible. The
vessel is crushed almost flat.
Pb 4.05 x 1.45 x 0.95cm 14.08gm. Capacity: Unc.
See: L. Y. Rahmani, "On Some Roman to Early
Medieval Lead Miniature Amphorae" Israel Museum
Studies in Archaeology, Volume 2 - 2003.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1974
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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BCC LA7 Miniature Lead Amphora Type CMiniature Lead Amphora
1st-5th Century CE?
Rahmani, Type C
Hollow cast miniature lead amphora with
ovoid body, slightly funnel-shaped neck,
no shoulders,and an everted rim. Small
looped handles extend from mid-neck to
the top of the body and are linked by upper
and lower horizontal lines. Decoration consists
of vertical fluting which runs from the lower
horizontal line to converge at the semi-rounded
base. The vessel as well as the handles are
partially crushed almost flat and the mouth
is squeezed shut.
Pb 3.85 x 1.85 x 1.1cm 17.74gm. Capacity: Unc.
See: L. Y. Rahmani, "On Some Roman to Early Medieval
Lead Miniature Amphorae" Israel Museum Studies in
Archaeology, Volume 2 - 2003.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1977
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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BCC LA8 Lead Amphora Type CMiniature Lead Amphora
1st-5th Century CE?
Rahmani, Type C
Hollow cast miniature lead amphora with
ovoid body, badly damaged and missing
the upper part of the neck and handles.
Identical to, and probably from the same
mold as, BCC LA7, at one time it would
have had a slightly funnel-shaped neck,
no shoulders, an everted rim and small
looped handles. These extended from
mid-neck to the top of the body and were
linked by upper and lower horizontal lines.
Decoration consists of vertical fluting which
runs from the lower horizontal line to converge
at the semi-rounded base.
Pb 3.1 x 1.65 x 1.55cm 16.97gm. Capacity: Unc.
See: L. Y. Rahmani, "On Some Roman to Early Medieval
Lead Miniature Amphorae" Israel Museum Studies in
Archaeology, Volume 2 - 2003.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1978
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BCC LA9 Lead Amphora Type C (Variation) Prize UrnMiniature Lead Amphora
1st-5th Century CE?
Rahmani, Type C Var. / Atypical Form
Hollow cast miniature lead amphora in the
shape of a prize urn,crushed almost flat.
The upper part of the vessel consisted of
an almost straight sided, wide mouth and
neck, and a slightly tapering midsection
without distinct shoulders, expanding to an
ovoid body attached to a small round base.
Small looped handles span the midsection
set off by two horizontal lines. Vertical
fluting from the lower line decorates the
body, converging at the base.
Pb 5.425 x 2.2 x 0.75cm 20.16gm. Capacity: Unc.
See: L. Y. Rahmani, "On Some Roman to Early Medieval
Lead Miniature Amphorae" Israel Museum Studies in
Archaeology, Volume 2 - 2003.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1977
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BCC LC1-LC4BCC LC1
Lead Cockle Shell
41 x 39 x 17mm Weight 106.7gm.
cf. Lionel Holland Weights and Weight-like
Objects from Caesarea Maritima, 2009, Hadera, Israel.
Surface finds from Caesarea Maritima, 1972
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
BCC LC1-LC4 composite
LC1=106.7gm.
LC2=52.15gm.
LC3=64.6gm.
LC4=34.15gm., with casting sprue
see forum topic:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=111630v-drome
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BCC LS37 Lead Seal SaintLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Uncertain Date
Obv: Bearded? facing portrait of Saint
Basil?, nimbate, uncertain inscription
to left...T or Γ?, and right O..? / EI / IA..?
Rev: Damaged, incomplete cruciform
monogram, containing Greek letters
Λ, K?, C?, I (O, Y), and at least two, three,
or more letters to left and right.
20 x 19.5 x 4.0mm. 7.67gm. Axis:0
Unknown provenance, Israel, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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BCC LT42Lead Tessera BCC LT42
Roman, 1st-4th cent CE?
Obv: Lyre or other stringed instrument.
Rev: Serpent to right. To left: "A"
Pb 14 x 13 x 2mm. Wt: 1.68gm.
cf. Anit Hamburger #66-71.
Hamburger suggests that this type, found 6
times in her corpus, was used in relation
to private marriage festivities. The stringed
instrument, perhaps a lyre, was used in the
procession to the house of the newlyweds.
"The single serpent might then be understood
as the house snake, Agathodaimon, bringer of
fortune to the house of the newlyweds".
Ref: Anit Hamburger, Surface-Finds From
Caesarea Maritima - Tesserae, In : Excavations
at Caesarea Maritima 1975, 1976, 1979 - Final
Report Lee Levine / Ehud Netzer. Israel -
Jerusalem : The Institute of Archaeology,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
1986. - p.187-204
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BCC RI42 Trebonianus Gallus AeternitasRoman Imperial
Trebonianus Gallus 251-253 CE
AE Sestertius
Obv: IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: AETERNITAS AVGG / S-C
Aeternitas standing facing, head
left, holding globe with phoenix.
28mm. 14.36gm. Axis:210 (7hr)
RIC IV 102, Sear 2696 (1981)
Acquired in Israel, ca. 1973
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Byzantine Seal of John 7th CenturyObverse: Cruciform monogram IWANNOV [Seal of] John four dots below
Reverse: Block monogram IWANNOV [Seal of] John between palms with cross above
Found in Israelpogh_poor
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Caesarea (Caesarea, Israel) - ?(description later)Ginolerhino
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Caesarea (Caesarea, Israel) - Severus Alexander(description later)Ginolerhino
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Caesarea (Caesarea, Israel) - Trebonianus Gallus(description later)Ginolerhino
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Caesarea Paneas (Baniyas, Israel) - Marcus Aurelius[...] AN TωNE[INOC] , laureate bust right
[...] / KAICAP / ΠANIA / ΔOC in wreath
15 mmGinolerhino
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Campgate: Costantino II, zecca di Heraclea II officinaConstantine II, AE4, Heraclea mint II officina
AE, 16 mm, 2.02 gr
D/ CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C; Bust type: LDC laureate, draped, cuirassed, bust right;
R/ PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; 2 Turrets, 8 Layers, Star above. SMHB; Left field: dot
RIC VII Heraclea 96, C3
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (17 dicembre 2012, numero catalogo 171); ex David Malloy collection (Goancient, Owen Sound Ontario Canada, 2012); ex collezione privata, Israele (prima del 2012, approvazione all'esportazione dell'Autorità per le antichità n° 8244).paolo
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Demetrios I Soter - AR drachmAntioch
152-151 BC
diademed head right
cornucopia
BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔHMHTPIOY / ΣΩTHPOΣ
A / (ΠA) Π / AΞP
SC II 1642; Houghton 159, Newell, SMA 120, SNG Israel (Spaer) 1279
3,96g 17mmJ. B.
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Domitian Sebaste, Samaria Countermark LXFDomitian Ae 25mm, 14.02 g. Sebaste, Samaria. O: Laureate head of Domitian IMP DOMITIANVS CAESAR; Countermark: LXF, of the Tenth Legion Fretensis in rectangular punch. R: Tyche standing to left resting foot on rock(?) holding spear and globe, [CEBAC]THNWN (of the people of Sebaste); in l. field, date: LΘΡ (year 109 = 81/2 AD). Host coin - RPC II 2226, with LXF - Hendin 1613a.
The Tenth Legion probably acquired its name, Fretensis, from the Fretum Siculum, the straits where the legion fought successfully against Sextus Pompey.
It is undoubtedly most famous for its part in the destruction of Jerusalem under General Titus. Starting in 66 CE, Roman armies began fighting their way from the northern parts of Israel, down to Jerusalem.
Titus advanced on Jerusalem near Passover 70 C.E., trapping the residents and pilgrims inside the city. His forces stripped the Judean countryside of trees to build a 4.5-mile-long wall of pointed stakes around the capital.
In that year X Fretensis, in conjunction with V Macedonica, XII Fulminata, and XV Apollinaris, began the five month siege of Jerusalem that would result in what Jewish Bible scholar Alfred Edersheim described as a, “tribulation to Israel unparalleled in the terrible past of its history, and unequalled even in its bloody future.”
What was the Tenth Legion doing in Sebaste, Samaria? According to some scholars it was perhaps to defend against the appearance of a pseudo-Nero, who had garnered the support of the Parthians.
Nemonater
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EB0089 Herakles / ZeusKingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, AR tetradrachm. Posthumous issue, year 26 = 187-188 BC.
Obverse: Head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress.
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, right leg drawn back. AΣ over date K :Csquare: in left field, rectangular Seleukid countermark of anchor to right.
References: SNG Israel 1235, Price 2901.
Diameter: 32mm, Weight: 16.55g.EB
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EB0103 Demetrios I / CornucopiaeDemetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC, Antioch mint, SELEUKID KINGDOM, AR drachm,
Obverse: Diademed head right; fillet border.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, Cornucopiae; in exergue, control mark [] and ΑΞΡ.
References: BMC 36; Newell, SMA 120; SNG Israel (Spaer) 1279.
Diameter: 17mm, Weight: 4.107g.EB
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EB0224.1 Horse / ElephantDemetrios I, SELEUKID KINGDOM, AE 17 serrate, 162-150 BC.
Obverse: Head of Horse left.
Reverse: [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTΡEY], Head of Elephant.
References: SNG Israel 1302; Sear 7028.
Diameter: 17mm, Weight: 4.165g.EB
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Elagabalus from PaniasElagabalus --AE25, Caesaria Panias. R: Pan standing with three goats, all sharing a common head. cf. Meshorer, Ya'akov, Coins of Caesarea Panias, in Israel Numismatic Journal 8, 1984-85, page 57 no. 59 (Julia Soaemias). Thanks to David Hendin and Pat Lawrence for assistance on attribution!featherz
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus CN MAG
Lead sling shot reportedly from the battle of Munda.
Found in Estepa, Spain
74.19g
49x28mm
The Battle of Munda took place on March 17, 45 BC in the plains of Munda, which is in modern southern Spain. This was the last great battle of Julius Caesar's civil war against the republican armies. After this victory, and the deaths of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey's oldest son), Caesar was free to return to Rome and govern as dictator. Tens of thousands of Romans died at Munda. About one month after defeat, Gnaeus was captured and executed. His brother Sextus survived to initiate another rebellion, on Sicily, where he was finally defeated by Marcus Agrippa and executed in Asia in 35 BC by Mark Antony, ten years after Munda.
Eitan Hirsch, a ballistics expert with the Israeli Defense Forces calculated that an expert slinger could hit a target from 35 meters away. According to his calculations a projectile could be hurled at a velocity of 34 meters per second. Equivalent to a modern day handgun.Jay GT4
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HacksilberHacksilber cut fragment, cf. Gitler Hacksilber 18 (Samaria, late 4th c. B.C.); Meshorer-Qedar 1991 pl. 41, 235 (same); Ingot Hoard pl. 3, 22 (Egypt), F, chisel cut on two sides from a small disk (dump), weight 2.523 grams, maximum diameter 17.5 mm, c. 6th - 4th Century (or earlier) B.C.
Similar cut fragments from disc ingots are found across the Levant, Holy Land, and the entire Mediterranean. Reputedly this piece was found in Israel. An old typed dealer or collector tag, hand marked "1998" in pen, notes:
"Israelite, AR cut fragment of an ingot, 9th to 6th century BCE, irregular form, showing two chisel cuts at edge. Porous. Cf. Meshorer, Samaria for a similar hoard. 100. Found in a recent hoard of similar pieces.“
ex. FORVM Ancient Coins (description & photo)
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Hacksilber Fragment, Earliest Coinage Period, Holy LandHacksilber Ingot, c. 8-6 centuries BC, Israel. 21 x 14 x 5 mm, 8.4 grams. Cut in antiquity from a larger piece. Possibly an overweight Pym or underweight Nezef?
Similar ingots were found at Ein Gedi, Israel in a terra cotta cooking pot, hidden in a building destroyed near the end of Iron Age II, early 6th century BC (Avi-Yonah Encylcopedia of the Holy Land, volume 2, p. 374.)
The basic weight in use was the shekel, weighing 11.4 g on average. Other weight groups include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Beqa, a half shekel (Ex. 38:26), 5.7 g. (2) Nezef, averaging 9.12 g. The Judaean equivalent to an Egyptian qedet. (3) Pym, 7.6 g. (1 Samuel 13:21) The Judaean equivalent to the Phoenician shekel.
The weight of this ingot is identical to the Mesopotamian shekel. During the 9th to 6th centuries BCE in the Assyrian and Babylonian empires, the common form of expressing prices was in quantities equivalent to one shekel (8.4 g) of silver.
In ancient times, livestock were often used in barter. Indicative of this is the fact that the Latin word for money (pecunia) is drawn from pecus, meaning “cattle.” However, livestock (Ge 47:17) and foodstuffs (1Ki 5:10, 11) were obviously not a convenient medium of exchange.
Instead, pieces of precious metals began to be used, the weight being checked at the time the transaction was made.
Ge 23:16 "Abraham weighed out to E′phron the amount of silver that he had spoken in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels current with the merchants."; Jer 32:10 "Then I wrote in a deed and affixed the seal and took witnesses as I went weighing the money in the scales."
The usual Hebrew term translated as “money,” keseph, literally means “silver.” (Ge 17:12) There was no coined money in Israel during the First Temple Period (1006-586 BCE). Rather, it consisted of cut pieces of silver and gold, or molded for convenience into bars, rings, bracelets, having a specific weight. - Ge 24:22
At Judges 5:19, bâtsa‛ keseph, which is commonly rendered as, “No gain of silver did they take,” literally means to break off or cut off silver.
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Home for Incurable Invalids (Jerusalem, Israel)AE token (formerly mounted on a bail), 19 mm., undated.
Obv: • HOME FOR INCURABLE INVALIDS • and IN JERUSALEM, along rim, FOR / GOOD LUCK / AND / HAPPINESS in four rows in center, above laurel leaves.
Rev: ×—×™ [Chai = life; numerically 18, in which number charitable donations are typically made in multiples] in center, laurel leaves along rim.
Ref: None known.
Note: Nothing is known about this institution.Stkp
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Home of Old Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 32.5 mm., undated (but probably minted in 1928).
Obv: תשליכני לצת זקנה אל [Do not cast us off in our old age. (Psalm 71:9)] and 204 HENRY ST., N.Y.C. along toothed rim, TO PITY/IS HUMAN/TO HELP/IS/GODLIKE/HOME OF/OLD ISRAEL, between busts of woman and bearded man.
Rev: HELP US BUILD OUR NEW HOME and 301-2-3 EAST BWAY., N.Y.C. along toothed rim with rosettes between, CONTRIBUTION.ONE DOLLAR, beneath building.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 146; Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 7.
Note: Founded in 1922 by real estate developer Louis Singer as a privately-endowed non-sectarian institution providing free housing, meals, activities and care of the aged, the Home moved from Henry Street to 70 Jefferson Street on March 31, 1929. It relocated to Far Rockaway, Queens in 1965. In the early 1970s the Home merged into the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged.
Note: In 1922, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University) was located at 301-303 East Broadway, and only moved to 186th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in 1928/1929. The Home must not have also occupied the East Broadway address, therefore, until 1928/1929. Thus, the token can be tentatively dated to 1928 (while the Home was still located at Henry Street but after it expanded into East Broadway). It was probably issued in connection with the 1928 fund drive for the Jefferson Street property.Stkp
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Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 19 x 44.5 mm. (rectangular), 11.429 gr., undated (but probably issued ca. 1935).
Obv: HOME OF SONS/AND DAUGHTERS/OF ISRAEL above building 232 E. 12 ST./NEW YORK, N.Y., below building.
Rev: BUY A BRICK/$1.00/HELP US AND/GOD/WILL/HELP YOU between busts of woman and bearded man.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 140; Friedenberg, Jewish Minters [?] 476; Leonard, Jr., Robert D. “Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel: Its History and Contribution Tokens.” The Shekel, XXXVIII No. 6 (Nov. to Dec. 2005). pp. 14-23; Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 6; ANS Database 2000.1.261.
Note: Organized in 1909 and incorporated in 1912, the Home acquired 230 East Tenth Street in December 1914. The adjacent 232 East Tenth Street was acquired by April 1915, and in May 1919 plans for a new building, encompassing both addresses, were approved. On June 21, 1925 the Home expanded into yet a third adjacent building on East Tenth Street. On December 22, 1935, it relocated to a larger building at 232-38 East Twelfth Street, where it remained in operation until the mid-1960s.
Note: This token was issued after the acquisition of the East Twelfth Street building, in or about 1935.Stkp
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Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 32.7 mm., 10.639 gr., undated (but probably issued in 1923 or 1928).
Obv: THE GREAT DRIVE FOR A HOME FOR THE AGED and 232 E. 10 ST., along toothed rim, HELP US/BUILD above building and HOME OF THE/SONS AND DAUGHTERS/OF ISRAEL below building.
Rev: CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR along toothed rim, HELP US/AND/GOD/WILL/HELP YOU between busts of woman and bearded man.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 147; Kenny, So-Called Dollars 229; Leonard, Jr., Robert D. “Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel: Its History and Contribution Tokens.” The Shekel, XXXVIII No. 6 (Nov. to Dec. 2005). pp. 14-23 (this token is depicted as Obverse C); Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 5; ANS Database 2000.1.511.
Note: Organized in 1909 and incorporated in 1912, the Home acquired 230 East Tenth Street in December 1914. The adjacent 232 East Tenth Street was acquired by April 1915, and in May 1919 plans for a new building, encompassing both addresses, were approved. On June 21, 1925 the Home expanded into yet a third adjacent building on East Tenth Street. On December 22, 1935, it relocated to a larger building at 232-38 East Twelfth Street, where it remained in operation until the mid-1960s.
Note: There was a $400,000 fund drive in 1923 and a $100,000 fund drive in 1928, and this token could have been issued in connection with either of those events.
Note: Leonard noted that these tokens were made in such large numbers that three obverse dies were required (the designation of obverse and reverse on these is arbitrary, and I refer to the side which Leonard termed the obverse as the reverse). The differences noted by Leonard pertain to the distance between the rim and the words CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR, the relief of the woman, especially at the shoulder, and the man’s bust. But there are also others. This token is Leonard Obverse C (described by Leonard as CONTRIBUTION/ONE DOLLAR far from rim, woman’s shoulder in low relief, man’s bust retouched).
ex Robert J. Leonard, Jr. collection.Stkp
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Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 32.7 mm., 10.639 gr., undated (but probably issued in 1923 or 1928).
Obv: THE GREAT DRIVE FOR A HOME FOR THE AGED and 232 E. 10 ST., along toothed rim, HELP US/BUILD above building and HOME OF THE/SONS AND DAUGHTERS/OF ISRAEL below building.
Rev: CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR along toothed rim, HELP US/AND/GOD/WILL/HELP YOU between busts of woman and bearded man.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 147; Kenny, So-Called Dollars 229; Leonard, Jr., Robert D. “Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel: Its History and Contribution Tokens.” The Shekel, XXXVIII No. 6 (Nov. to Dec. 2005). pp. 14-23 (this token is depicted as Obverse B); Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 5; ANS Database 2000.1.511.
Note: Organized in 1909 and incorporated in 1912, the Home acquired 230 East Tenth Street in December 1914. The adjacent 232 East Tenth Street was acquired by April 1915, and in May 1919 plans for a new building, encompassing both addresses, were approved. On June 21, 1925 the Home expanded into yet a third adjacent building on East Tenth Street. On December 22, 1935, it relocated to a larger building at 232-38 East Twelfth Street, where it remained in operation until the mid-1960s.
Note: There was a $400,000 fund drive in 1923 and a $100,000 fund drive in 1928, and this token could have been issued in connection with either of those events.
Note: Leonard noted that these tokens were made in such large numbers that three obverse dies were required (the designation of obverse and reverse on these is arbitrary, and I refer to the side which Leonard termed the obverse as the reverse). The differences noted by Leonard pertain to the distance between the rim and the words CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR, the relief of the woman, especially at the shoulder, and the man’s bust. But there are also others. This token is Leonard Obverse B (described by Leonard as CONTRIBUTION/ONE DOLLAR near rim, woman’s shoulder in low relief).
ex Robert J. Leonard, Jr. collection.Stkp
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Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 32.7 mm., 10.639 gr., undated (but probably issued in 1923 or 1928).
Obv: THE GREAT DRIVE FOR A HOME FOR THE AGED and 232 E. 10 ST., along toothed rim, HELP US/BUILD above building and HOME OF THE/SONS AND DAUGHTERS/OF ISRAEL below building.
Rev: CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR along toothed rim, HELP US/AND/GOD/WILL/HELP YOU between busts of woman and bearded man.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 147; Kenny, So-Called Dollars 229; Leonard, Jr., Robert D. “Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel: Its History and Contribution Tokens.” The Shekel, XXXVIII No. 6 (Nov. to Dec. 2005). pp. 14-23 (this token is depicted as Obverse A); Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 5; ANS Database 2000.1.511.
Note: Organized in 1909 and incorporated in 1912, the Home acquired 230 East Tenth Street in December 1914. The adjacent 232 East Tenth Street was acquired by April 1915, and in May 1919 plans for a new building, encompassing both addresses, were approved. On June 21, 1925 the Home expanded into yet a third adjacent building on East Tenth Street. On December 22, 1935, it relocated to a larger building at 232-38 East Twelfth Street, where it remained in operation until the mid-1960s.
Note: There was a $400,000 fund drive in 1923 and a $100,000 fund drive in 1928, and this token could have been issued in connection with either of those events.
Note: Leonard noted that these tokens were made in such large numbers that three obverse dies were required (the designation of obverse and reverse on these is arbitrary, and I refer to the side which Leonard termed the obverse as the reverse). The differences noted by Leonard pertain to the distance between the rim and the words CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR, the relief of the woman, especially at the shoulder, and the man’s bust. But there are also others. This token is Leonard Obverse A (described by Leonard as CONTRIBUTION/ONE DOLLAR far from rim, woman in high relief).
ex Robert J. Leonard, Jr. collection.Stkp
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Hyracnus I bronze prutahBronze prutah, Hendin 6176?, Jerusalem mint, 1.98g, 13.6mm, obverse Hebrew inscription, Yehohanan the High Priest and Council (of Jews), surrounded by wreath; reverse double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns
He was the son of Shimon Hatarsi, the nephew of Yehuda HaMaccabi, and the grandson of Matityahu. Referred to by historians as John Hyracanus I.
He was born in 164 BCE, founded the Hasmonean dynasty and ruled from 134 BCE until his death in 104 BCE.
He liberated Judea from dependence on the Seleucid Syrian-Greek kingdom and expanded the borders of the young Jewish state by conquering northern Moab, southern Judea and the northern Negev, Mount Samaria, important areas in the coastal valley (from Yavne to Ashdod and around present-day Petah Tikva and Herzliya) and the Beit She'an Valley. Destroyed the Greek city that that was built on the site of ancient Samaria (Sebastia) and the temple of the Samaritan sect on Mount Gerizim, near Shchem.
יוֹחָנָן כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל הֶעֱבִיר הוֹדָיוֹת הַמַּעֲשֵׂר. אַף הוּא בִּטֵּל אֶת הַמְעוֹרְרִים, וְאֶת הַנּוֹקְפִים. וְעַד יָמָיו הָיָה פַטִּישׁ מַכֶּה בִירוּשָׁלָיִם, וּבְיָמָיו אֵין אָדָם צָרִיךְ לִשְׁאוֹל עַל הַדְּמָאי
(משנה מסכת מעשר שני ה:טו)
מעוררין - אלו הלויים, שאומרים על הדוכן: "עורה למה תישן ה'". אמר להן יוֹחָנָן כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל: וכי יש שינה לפניו? והלוא כבר נאמר: "הנה לא ינום ולא יישן"? אלא, כל זמן ישראל שרויין בצער ואומות העולם שרויין בשלווה, כביכול: "עורה למה תישן" (תוספתא סוטה י"ג, ט')
Based on this, it appears that he abolished the prayer of the Levites, which might have been misconstrued as contempt for the Shechinah, because he saw in his days the kingdom of Israel in its sovereignty and greatness.
Yoel S
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Israel50 Shekel (1978) Wor:P-46aDaniel F
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Israel100 Shekel (1979) Wor:P-47aDaniel F
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Israel500 Pruta - (1955) Wor:P-24aDaniel F
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Israel5 New Shekel (1987) Wor:P-52bDaniel F
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Israel10 New Shekel (1992) Wor:P-53cDaniel F
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Israel100 Lira (1968) Wor:P-37d
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