Wow! Great buy. Was it on ebay?
Shema =hear ner = candle ohr - light BTW transliterations are tricky, as is trying to summarize Hebrew grammar for an English speaker.
What I don't get, is how a coin can be 'choice' with a surface grade of 1. What's a 0? A love token?
There was an interesting article in either the Numismatist or Coin World about collecting "sample" slabs. These were done when slabbing first...
The three letters on the obverse are shin-mem-ayin, spelling Shemah, the name of the central dogma of the Jewisj faith, the statement "Hear O...
Perhaps it is similar, but I know it as paleo-Hebrew, both ancient Semitic languages.
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At first I thought it was a rhino, but then I changed my mind and decided it was a boar. That does it, I definitely vote the top coin as my favorite!
Thanks for sharing your interesting coins.
I like the round ones best.
I teach a class annually in Sunday school about Jewish coins to 1st graders. I bring out my Agrippa I with canopy and grain stalks and let them...
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I love your coins. Each one is special but I can't decide which I like best, the top one or the bottom one. How do you describe the three...
Right now my coins are in my safe deposit box in anticipation of my upcoming overseas trip. But my photographic and computer skills are sorely...
While I am 68 years old, I won't consider that I will be an ancient collector for another two years. I am, however, an ancients collector. Loool.
I started to hit the like button, but hesitated. I more then "like" your post - I triple like it!
I know, I know. "Real" ancients collectors don't get their coins slabbed. However, when I pass my mint state zuzzim around the Seder table, I...
I bought a life membership in the ANA in the 1980's. I get the magazine through thick and thin, and it keeps me connected to the hobby. I have...
I bought a Trajan Dacia Capta denarius because it kind of fits in with my Judaea Capta coins. The Trajan has DAC CAP in the exergue on the...
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