Laureate bust right ./ Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings spread.
Elegant gift set for Chanukah including:
Bronze prutah, Judea, first century.
Tiny clay jug, (Land of Israel, late Bronze Age?)
Miniature meggilat Antiochus printed on parchment.
Chanukah candle-lighting service printed on the facade of the box.
Diademed head right. / Zeus seated left; monograms to inner left.
The word ‘Jerusalem’ [Paleo-Hebrew] appears on the front with the façade of the Temple in Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in silhouette inside the Temple. Reverse: ‘Year one of the redemption of Jerusalem’ [Paleo-Hebrew], with lulav and etrog.
29 mm, 13.66 grams.
Moderate-fine condition.
The word ‘Jerusalem’ [Paleo-Hebrew] appears on the front with a goblet, the reverse bears a branch with three pomegranates.
20 mm, 6.72 grams.
Fine condition.