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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Arturo, post: 2179167, member: 27471&quot;]The three letters on the obverse are shin-mem-ayin, spelling Shemah, the name of the central dogma of the Jewisj faith, the statement &quot;Hear O Israel the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.&quot;&nbsp; It is also an abbreviation of the name of the rebel leader Shimon or Simon Bar Kokhba, of the final Jewish revolt against the Romans 132-135.&nbsp; Thus we know it is the obverse because it refers to the [self-styled] Prince of Judaea.&nbsp; The rebellion was crushed in a bloody battle at Bethar.&nbsp; Of course effigies of humans were forbidden by the 2nd Commandment prohibition against graven images.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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