2008.2.73: Bronze half shekel of the Jewish Revolt (Year 4)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.2.73
- Title
- Bronze half shekel of the Jewish Revolt (Year 4)
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 69 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Jerusalem (Palestine)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Jewish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/322135
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.18 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- prutah
- Date on Object
- Year 4
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: For the redemption of Zion
- Reverse Inscription: Year four, half
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
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
- AJC II, p.262, 27
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
- 2008.2.73
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Palm tree with seven branches, flanked by two baskets of dates; Hebrew inscription around.
Rev.: Two bundels of lulav with ethrog in between; Hebrew inscription around.
Verification Level
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