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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 3614462, member: 81887"]It copies the design of a coin of the Bar Kochba revolt (132-135 AD), but the inscription is wrong. While it actually does have the correct words ("Jerusalem" around the palm tree, "Year 2 of the freedom of Israel" around the grapes) they are written using the modern form of Hebrew letters. The original coins used a form of lettering called Paleo-Hebrew that is very different-looking from the modern letter forms. Here's a page showing an original coin and a copy that looks similar to yours:</p><p><a href="https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=18240" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=18240" rel="nofollow">https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=18240</a></p><p>Sorry it didn't turn out to be a genuine ancient, hope you didn't buy it as genuine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 3614462, member: 81887"]It copies the design of a coin of the Bar Kochba revolt (132-135 AD), but the inscription is wrong. While it actually does have the correct words ("Jerusalem" around the palm tree, "Year 2 of the freedom of Israel" around the grapes) they are written using the modern form of Hebrew letters. The original coins used a form of lettering called Paleo-Hebrew that is very different-looking from the modern letter forms. Here's a page showing an original coin and a copy that looks similar to yours: [URL]https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=18240[/URL] Sorry it didn't turn out to be a genuine ancient, hope you didn't buy it as genuine.[/QUOTE]
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