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Lot 3042 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Judaea, Bar Kochba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.34 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Shim'on', grape bunch on vine with tendril and small leaf. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem', fluted jug with handle on left; no willow branch. Mildeberg 164 (O21/R89); TJC 286; Hendin 1434. Very Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3005 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Jewish War. Silver 1/2 Shekel (6.57 g), 66-70 CE. Year 3 (68/9 CE). 'Half of a shekel' around, 'year 3' above, omer cup with pearled rim. Reverse: 'Jerusalem the holy', sprig of three pomegranates. TJC 203; Hendin 1362. Well struck with lovely natural multicolor iridescent toning. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. Ex Goldberg 41 (27 May 2007), 2505. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3021 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Bar Kochba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.18 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Shim'' (abbreviating Shi'mon), in triangular form within a wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, medallion at top, and tendrils below. Reverse: 'Year two of the freedom of Israel', wide lyre with three strings, four dots on sound box. Mildeberg 13 (O4/R7); TJC 238; Hendin 1389. Rare. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3037 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Bar Kochba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.22 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Shim'on' (but letters arranged Shim'na), in two lines within a wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, medallion at top, and tendrils below, pair of dots, one inside and one outside, between each section. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem', elongated lyre with three strings. Mildeberg 101 (O16/R69); TJC 272a; Hendin 1424. Delicately toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3000 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Judaea, Hasmonean Kingdom. Mattathias Antigonos. Æ Prutah (1.37 g), 40-37 BCE. Trace of 'Mattatayah the High Priest', showbread table. Reverse: [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY], seven-branched menorah. TJC 41; Hendin 1168; Menorah Coin Project ATG 07, engraver C, dies O11/R16 (this coin). Extremely Rare and the only ancient Jewish coin depicting the menorah. Very Fine. Mattathias Antigonos Prutah Showbread table / menorah. Fewer than 40 specimens known. These prutot were larger and thinner than the other prutot of Antigonus, but of a similar quantity of copper. This prutah type is the only coin from antiquity which depicts both the showbread table and the menorah. The objects depicted on the coins of Antigonos predate the destruction of the Temple (70 A.D.) by more than a century. The engravers of the coin may actually have seen the menorah and the showbread table, both of which are depicted in the relief sculpted in the Arch of Titus (c. 82 A.D.). The menorah and the showbread had been situated opposite one another in front of the entrance to the Holy of Holies (which housed the Ark of the Covenant), and were considered the most sacred of the Temple appurtenances. "The very boldness of his [Antigonos'] utilization of these images may have indicated just how intense was his struggle for sovereignty against Herod, since he [Antigonos] flouted the traditional convention observed by earlier Jewish rulers against using sacred appurtenances from the Temple on coinage. He did this perhaps in a desperate effort to make the point that the right to mint coins was his as the legitimate heir to the high priesthood, a hereditary post, and a title to which Herod could never lay claim" (C. W. Samuels, The Numismatic Legacy of the Jews (Ed. Paul Rynearson), New York: The Numismatic Review, 2000, 30-32). Estimated Value $45,000-UP. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3016 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Bar Kochba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.71 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Jerusalem', tetrastyle facade of the Temple of Jerusalem; Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; star above. Reverse: 'Year two of the freedom of Israel', lulav with etrog at left. Mildeberg 14 (O3/R8); TJC 230a; Hendin 1387. Rare - only five specimens listed in Mildenberg. Well struck on a slightly irregular size flan with underlying luster still present. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3032 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Bar Kochba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.00 g), 132-135 CE. Irregular issue. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Shim'on', tetrastyle facade of the Temple of Jerusalem; Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; star above. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Israel', lulav with etrog at left. Mildeberg 102 (O23/R77); TJC 268; Hendin 1411a. Rare. A very choice example of the "Irregular issue" with no striking flaws. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3048 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Nerva. Æ Sestertius (26.11 g), AD 96-98. Rome, AD 96. IMP NERVA CAE[S AVG] P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head of Nerva right. Reverse: FISCI IVDAICI CALVMNIA SVBLATA, S C across field, palm tree with two large bunches of dates. RIC 82; BMC 105; BN 97; Hendin 1603 (this coin). A pleasing example of this famous issue with light to medium chocolate brown patina. Clear and full reverse legend. Very rare. Very Fine. Nerva Sesterius Fiscus Judaicus Marius Heemstra, in a recent article, challenges the earlier interpretation of the reverse inscription: FISCI IVDAICI CALVMNIA SVBLATA "The embarrassment (CALVMNIA) of the Jewish Tax (FISCI IVDAICI) is removed," i.e., that the Jewish tax, which had been introduced by Vespasian after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, was repealed by Nerva, in whole or in part. Heemstra also disagrees with the theory that that the CALVMNIA was "the circumcision test" described by Suetonius (Dom. 12.1-2). According to the Roman historian Suetonius: "More than any other, the Fiscus Iudaicus was administered very severely; and to it were brought, or reported, those who either had lived the life of a Jew unprofessed, or concealing their origin, had not paid the tax imposed upon the people. I remember that it was of interest to me during my youth when a ninety-year-old man was brought before the procurator and a very crowded court to see whether he was circumcised." Rather, Heemstra maintains that the tax was not repealed, but, rather, that the legend should be translated: "The removal of the wrongful accusation (CALVMNIA) of the Fiscus Judaicus (the imperial tax collection agency)." What was the CALVMNIA? Meestra explains that before the "removal" of the "wrongful accusation," by Nerva, it is highly plausible that the charge of 'leading a Jewish life without publically acknowledging that fact' could have been levied against high-ranking Romans who could then have been victims of the Fiscus Judaicus, which would confiscate their wealth. Conviction could occur either on political grounds, instigated by the emperor himself (Domitian), or because any affiliation with Judaism, however small, could lead to an accusation of "atheism," which to Romans meant not recognizing their pagan gods. Meestra points out that an important impact of the new law was that it necessitated a clarification in the definition of who was the taxpayer, and, thus, who was considered to be a Jew. Instead of "each one of the Jews" (Josephus), or, "those belonging to the Jewish gens" (Suetonius), the definition changed to "those Jews who continued to observe their ancestral customs" (Dio). In practice, these were the Jews that had been paying the tax in the first place. By removing the CALVMNIA "the wrongful accusation," Nerva succeeded in transforming the definition of 'Jew' from an ethnic one into a religious one, which both the Romans and Jews adopted. Regardless, this coin represents Nerva's order not to abolish the tax itself but of the insulting method of collecting the Jewish tax. See discussion in: Marius Heemstra, "The interpretation and Wider Context of Nerva's Fiscus Judaicus Sestertius, Judaea and Rome in Coins 65 BCE - 135 CE, London: Spink and Sons, 2010, 187-201. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. Ex Hendin plate coin. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3011 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Bar Kochba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.41 g), 132-135 CE. Year 1 (132/3 CE). 'Year one of the redemption of Israel', grape bunch on vine with small leaf. Reverse: 'Eleazar the priest', jug with handle; willow branch at right. Mildeberg II.2.4 (O2/R1; this coin); TJC 219; Hendin 1374 (this coin). Very rare. Boldly struck with all the letters clearly defined. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. The branch to the right of the jug has traditionally been identified as a palm branch. In "The Temple Willow-Branch Ritual Depicted on Bar Kochba Denarii," INJ 16 (2007-2008), pp. 131-5, Y. Adler argues that it is in fact a willow branch, and represents the willow branch ceremony that took place along with the water ceremony (represented by the jug) at the Temple altar during the Feast of Tabernacles. Bar Kochba Silver Zuz Year 1 Mildenberg cites only 9 specimens with this die combination. The obverse inscription "Eleazar the Priest" on a year 1 coin, is extremely rare, relative to the dozens of year 1 zuzim inscribed with "Shim'on." Who was this Eleazar ? Some scholars think that he may have been Eleazar of Mod'in, the uncle of bar Kochba mentioned in rabbinic literature. Whoever he was, "the prominence given to a high priest on the coinage was surely connected with the rebels' aim of restoring the Temple and its cult, and Eleazar was clearly the religious leader, parallel but subordinate to the political military leader" (E. Mary Smallwood, Jews under Roman Rule from Pompey to Diocletian: A study in political relations (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, ed. Jacob Neusner, volume. 20). Reprint with corrections. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1981, p. 441). Mildenberg, in his seminal work, noted that it is possible that Bar Kochba's men knew of the rebel coins of the Jewish War (The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War, Aarau: Verlag Sauerlaender, 1984, p. 68). Possibly as well, the engravers knew of coins of the Hasmonaeans, with the inscriptions including the appellation "High Priest," since recently a hoard was discovered in western Jerusalem, wherein Bar Kochba coins had been buried with a coin of the Jewish War as well as with a bronze prutah of John Hyrcanus. The Bar Kochba coin of Year 1, inscribed with "Eleazar, the Priest" would comply with Mildenberg's idea: that the minters of the Bar Kochba coins chose to propogate by their coins taken as a group a plan that conformed either to the memory of the destroyed Temple or to their dream of a new Temple to come. See discussion in: B. Zissu, R. Langford, and A. Frumkin, "Archaeological Remains of the Bar Kokhba Revolt in the Te'omim Cave (Mugharet Umm et Tueimin)," Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. LXII, No. 2/Autumn 2011, 262-283. Estimated Value $25,000-UP. Ex Hendin plate coin; Ex A. Spaer Collection; Beit Mirsim Hoard (Hebron Hills, 1973-1974). Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join
Lot 3027 - Money of the Bible Collection - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Bar Kochba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.32 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Shim'on', in two lines within a wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, medallion at top, and tendrils below. Reverse: 'Year two of the freedom of Israel', fluted jug with handle on left; willow branch at right. Mildeberg - (O14/R26), die combination not recorded); Kaufman 12 (O14/R26); TJC -; Hendin -. Extremely Rare. Underyling luster present and lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,500-UP. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #90 Money of the Bible Collection	In order to view Prices please Login or Join