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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Arturo, post: 2163144, member: 27471&quot;]Thanks, John.</p><p>This coin has grapes on the obverse and the silver trumpets on the reverse.&nbsp; We know it is the obverse because the &quot;heads&quot; has the first name of Shimon or Simon Bar Kokhba, self-styled &quot;Prince of the Kingdom of Judaea.&quot;</p><p>The name is abbreviated to read SHEMAH, shin-mem-ayin in paleo-Hebrew.&nbsp; This is described above in my initial post in the thread.&nbsp; The grapes, IMO, reference the golden grapevine in the (then destroyed) Temple.&nbsp; This was a structure, in gold, made of the offerings brought to the Temple.&nbsp; One could bring a bunch of golden grapes, a single grape, or even a tendril to hang on the grapevine.</p><p>The trumpets were used in the temple service and to signal various events.&nbsp; They are actually mentioned in the Bible, in the Book of Numbers.</p><p>Since I am new to ancients, and I like to show my coins at the Seder, where many children&#039;s hands are present, I like to get my coins slabbed.&nbsp; I know most collectors look down on slabbed ancients, but for me, for the coins above $300, it works.&nbsp; The coin above is graded MS 4/5 4/5 by NGC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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