2008.2.99: Undated denarius of Bar Kokhba
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.2.99
- People
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Bar Kochba
- Title
- Undated denarius of Bar Kokhba
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 133-134 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Judaea (Palestine)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Jewish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/322395
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.57 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: illegible
- Reverse Inscription: For the Freedom of Jerusalem
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Hirsh Zvi Griliches, Cambridge, MA (before 1999); [1] to Diane Asséo Griliches, his wife, (1999-2008), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008.
Notes:
[1] Hirsh Zvi Griliches (1930-1999) acquired the work at an unknown date before his death in 1999.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Mildenberg 154
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund and purchase through the generosity of the Estate of Leo Mildenberg
- Accession Year
- 2008
- Object Number
- 2008.2.99
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: bunch of grapes attached to small branch with leaf on r. and tendril on l., around Hebrew inscription
Rev.: two trumpets, dot between; around Hebrew inscription.
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Coins
Verification Level
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