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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 8060613, member: 83845&quot;]Absolutely beautiful coins [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] .&nbsp; Both definitely relevant to the discussion. I hope to add a Jewish Revolt shekel to my collection some day.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excellent additional commentary.&nbsp; Thank you! I thought about mentioning the possible connections of Jesus to the Royal Stoa but I figured my write up was getting too long already <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I am glad you added this to the discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that mine is struck. The details are probably better than my photo shows though there is obviously some circulation wear (all the more interesting for a type that circulated in such an interesting time).&nbsp; The coin has a nice patina which also makes it appear a bit shiny in my photo.&nbsp; Perhaps I should give it another go.</p><p><br /></p><p>To more directly answer your question about the weight difference I know that the weight for the bronze prutot can vary widely. Ariel discusses this a bit when he talks about the minting process.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bronze flans were made from a mold with one side beveled and the other side flat and casting channels between the hollows. Both mine and yours show the area on either side where the coin flan was broken from the channel.&nbsp; Mine also shows the characteristic bevel on one side.&nbsp; Yours appears to as well on the amphora side.</p><p><br /></p><p>The silver coins were weighed individually but the bronze were weighed in groups. So when pouring the bronze into the flan mold the mint didn’t care too much to ensure each hollow was of equal size or to fill every hollow to the exact level as long as the total weight of the group was good.&nbsp; I think that accounts for some of the wide range in weights for these. The minting standards for the bronze coins of the Jewish Revolt are abysmal compared to the silver. This is one of the reasons that two separate mints have been proposed. The silver coins were remarkably well&nbsp; made considering the turmoil of the situation in Jerusalem at the time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If it’s got a shield on it you own it my friend! Great coin of Herod.&nbsp; Thanks for the kind words.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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