Parthia

Vologases I CE 51-78

AR Tetradrachm, 27 mm, 14.38 g, Seleucia mint, S.E. 363/CE 51-52
Sellwood 68 v

O: diad portrait left
R: King std l receiving wreath from Tyche stg r, Seleucid Era year ΓΞT above and between.

BAΣIΛEΩΣ/ BAΣIΛEΩN/ APΣAKOY/ EYEPΓETOY/ ΔIKAIOY/ EΠIΦANOYΣ/ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ

Acquired: 2005 from a dealer in NYC

Judea

First Revolt CE 66-70/73

AE Prutah, 15 mm, 3.09 g, Year 2/CE 67-68
H. 661, Meshorer 196a variety

O: Amphora and ancient Hebrew inscription: shnot shtayyim ("year two")

R: vine leaf and tendril and ancient Hebrew inscription: herut ziyyon ("for the deliverance of Zion")

Ex: Amphora/D. Hendin

Acquisition: 2004

Judea

Second or “Bar Kokhba” Revolt CE 132-135

AE Middle Bronze 25 mm, 7.52 g, Year 2/CE 133-134
H. 708 variety, Mildenberg 310, 49

O: seven branched palm tree with two bunches of dates; Hebrew across field below (Simon).

R: Vine leaf on tendril; Hebrew around (Year Two of the Freedom of Israel).

On this example “Israel” is visible on the right though it is misspelled. Meshorer writes that “Some of the inscriptions tend to be in a distorted form, i.e., the letters are not in their right places.”(Ya’akov Meshorer; Treasury of Jewish Coins, p. 163)

Hendin had also noted that the flan had been broken in antiquity.

Ex: Amphora/D. Hendin

Acquisition: 2004

Modern Israeli 100 prutah (1950-1980) modeled after the Bar Kokhba coin illustrated.

Parthia

Artabanus II CE 10-38

AR Drachm, 21 x 20 mm, 3.84 g, Ecbatana mint
SG 5776v

O: diad portrait left
R: stylized Arsaces stringing bow std r, mintmark large A with serif across top and dot below between legs of A.

Blundered Greek legend:
BACIΛEΩC/ BACIΛEΩN/ APCAKOV/ EVEPΓETHC/ ΔIKAIOV/ EΠIΦANOVC/ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOC

Acquired: 2005 from a dealer in NYC