Coin of Bar Kokhba, year 1

Artists

Description

Obv.: Palm branch within laurel wreath, around Hebrew inscription Rev. lyre with six strings and hornlike protrusions to r. and l. of soundbox top, border of dots, around Hebrew inscription

Dimensions

11.36g

Provenance

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.