Title: Essays in Jewish numismatics /
Authors: Meyshan, Josef,
Date: 1968
Physical description: 165 pages, 6 plates. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC class: C
Contents: A. Jewish Numismatics-In general -- The Jewish Numismatics -- Jewish coins in ancient historiography (the importance of numismatics for the history of Israel) -- Der Einfluss der griechischen und romischen Munzpragung auf die Gestaltung der antiken judischen Munzen -- The periods of the Jerusalem coinage -- What is the Prutah? -- B. The Herodian Dynasty -- Chronology of the coins of the Herodian dynasty -- The monetary pattern of the Herodian dynasty -- The symbols on the coinage of Herod the Great and their meaning -- A new coin type of Herod Archelaus -- The coinage of Agrippa I -- The umbrella symbol on the coins of Agrippa I -- An unknown portrait of Agrippa I -- A new coin type of Agrippa II and its meaning -- Two remarks on the coins of Agrippa II -- C. The first and second revolt (The Jewish War 66-70 A.D. and the Bar-Kochba War 132-135 A.D.) -- Preobepragung eines Schekels aus der Zeit des ersten Aufstandes der Juden gegen Rom -- An unknown variant and date of Judaea Capta coins -- Strange peregrinations of a Bar-Kochba coin -- The legion which reconquered Jersusalem in the Bar-Kochba War (132-135 A.D.) -- D. Miscellaneous -- An unusual silver penny (prutah) struck by the Roman procurator of Judaea -- A find of coins of Agrippa II together with coins of Sidon in Lower Gallilee -- Unpublished and unusual Jewish coins -- Twenty years of the ISrael Numismatic Society (address at the sixth convention of the society in 1965)