Coin of Bar Kokhba, Year 2

Artists

Description

Obv.: Small five-lobed vine leaf hanging on cut branch, around Hebrew inscription, around border of dots Rev.: Palm tree with seven branches, r. and l. cluster with three fruits each, underneath Hebrew inscription

Dimensions

9.65g

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.