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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.171
People
Bar Kochba
Title
Tetradrachm of Bar Kochba, Year 2
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
133-134 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Jerusalem (Palestine)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Jewish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196147

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
15.06 g
Technical Details

Technical Observations: The coin is overstruck

Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Date on Object
Year 2
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: See file for inscriptions on both sides of the coin.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Mildenberg nos. 6 ff

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jonathan H. Kagan in memory of Robert A. Kagan
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.171
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Tetrastyle facade of the Temple with fluted columns. The architrave is rendered by two lines and the podium by a thick exergual line. In the center the Ark of the Covenant in chest form. Overstruck.
Reverse: lulav and etrog behind palm.

Verification Level

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