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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24718271, member: 26430&quot;]Incidentally, here&#039;s the silver, left-facing version (ex Orfew / Andrew Short)</p><p>[ATTACH]1580877[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I consider the elephant/Colosseum types a continuation of the Judaea Capta coinage. The Colosseum was built with the spoils and slave labor from the First Jewish-Roman War (there&#039;s even an inscription on the Colosseum relating it to the war in Judaea: &quot;Imp. T. Caes. Vespasianus Aug. Amphitheatrum Novum Ex Manubis Fieri Iussit&quot; or “The Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasian Augustus had this new amphitheater erected with the spoils of war”).</p><p><br /></p><p>A few decades later: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_revolt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_revolt" rel="nofollow">Bar Kochba Revolt (or Third Jewish-Roman War)</a>, 132-135 CE.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was actually overstruck on a Provincial Judaea Capta coin, this representing both wars, over 50 years apart, in one numismatic object:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580878[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Judaea, Bar Kochba Rebellion AE Middle Bronze </b>(25mm, 9.88 g, 6h; under-type: Agrippa II w/ Titus [87/8 CE]), 133/4 CE. </font></p><p><b><font size="4">Obv</font></b><font size="4">: &#039;Sma&#039; (abbreviating Simon; Paleo-Hebrew). Seven-branched palm tree, two bunches of dates.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: &#039;Year two of the redemption of Israel&#039; (Paleo-Hebrew). Grape vine leaf on tendril. Undertype portrait of Titus visible.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref / Prov:</b> Ex-David Hendin Collection, Guide to Biblical Coins (2nd edition), 160a (this coin illustrated); for undertype: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2285" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2285" rel="nofollow">RPC II 2285</a>.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p></blockquote> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="7"><b>Next</b>:</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="6">more numismatic links to historical event(s)</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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