Bar Kokhba Revolt era bronze

Spoken like a true ancient collector, Ray - congratulations!

 

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Both coins show palms with a little group of dates at either side of the trunk - the large denom with the vine leaf and tendril - small denom with a bunch of grapes. The only question is which side is obv and which rev? I think Hendin lists the Palm side as obv for both.

 

Both coins are very attractive! Sweet additions!

 

Thank you, Sir! I modified the poster a bit but more research is needed

 

You know @Deacon Ray I am not a real historian and this era in history was very muddled. What actually happened is not easy to figure but there is a line of thought with modern Jewish historians(you may have heard this?) that if it was not for this second revolt there may have not been as severe a pressure to make such a vast diaspora of the Jews from the area and into safer regions to live. This of course led to a global migration due to continued persecution in new lands etc. Some say that if the Jews had not fled that region when the young and violent "sword" of Islam entered the area a few centuries later the decimation may have been way more severe and they all would have been clustered in one area.. It is also a possibility that the complex results of the revolt and it's suppression may have also helped the fledgling Christian community survive. You probably know more of the details of what it might have been like for upstart religious sects in those days. Those were turbulent times but sometimes the turbulence may help shelter the oppressed. A.Pius was good to these folks almost in opposition to Hadrian's edicts. And you are right that some of the those early Christian survivors may have handled any of these coins. My own eclectic understanding of how the wisdom religions and the religions that grew up around them have all been needed for the plan of bringing all humanity closer to the Creator. Both solar(christian) and lunar(Jewish,Islamic,Asian) calendars have needed to be sanctified and used for the many centuries. I also believe that the Rabbi of Christianity gave two different teachings one to Jews and one to gentiles but a lot of early material was censored and changed up for people who may have attempted to set up their own power hegemony and eliminates others. These are amazing coins anyhow. The book I linked above on Akiva mentions two coins- one of Nerva who was good to the Jews and Christians and the Bar Kochba issue.

 

Excellent food for thought, Mike! It's amazing to think that many epic events in history may have resulted from obscure or unrecorded actions of earlier generations.

 

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