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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;meme18, post: 4398407, member: 85209&quot;]I’m a little shy around here but guess I’ll throw my hat into the ring..</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my favorite bronze by far..</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105847[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s often nicknamed “Abu Jara”, meaning “father of the jar”, because of it’s iconic large amphora jar. This is the largest denomination struck during the Bar Kokhba revolt against Rome under Hadrian in 132/133 AD. The fantastic and beautiful details is all the more remarkable given the little expertise of the rebels and extreme wartime conditions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse reads “Shimon (Bar Kokhba’s name) Prince of Israel” in Paleo-Hebrew, and the reverse features the amphora with the patriotic and decisive slogan “year one of the redemption of Israel”. The amphora was meant to represent one of the holy and sacred vessels used in the Jerusalem Temple sacked by Titus a few decades earlier.</p><p>This coin struck in the first year of this ill fated yet daring and courageous rebellion was nothing short of their Declaration of Independence. It’s provocative yet inspiring slogans were surely meant to energize the masses and ignite courage against the much more numerous, sophisticated and powerful Roman army.</p><p><br /></p><p>Add to the fact that these were struck on filed down Roman currency- in itself a capital crime- and you may be holding the earliest virtual statement of “give me liberty or give me death” in your hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the Revolt was ultimately crushed after a few years of tenacious and bloody battles, the independent spirit of Judea and Israel has lived on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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