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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1134. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AV Aureus (7.11 
                                gm, 6h). Struck 118 AD. Estimate $10000 Sold For 
                                $8000 

                              HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AV Aureus (7.11 gm, 6h). 
                              Struck 118 AD. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, 
                              laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen 
                              from front / P M TR P COS DES III, SALVS AVG in 
                              exergue, Salus seated left on throne, feet on 
                              footstool, feeding serpent entwined about altar 
                              beside her from a patera in her oustretched right 
                              hand and leaning left arm on throne arm. RIC II 51 
                              var. (laureate bust right, slight drapery on left 
                              shoulder); D. Hendin, "A Bar Kokhba Lamp Hoard 
                              Collection," Studies Mildenberg 3 (this coin); 
                              Strack 48g1; BMCRE pg. 378, 6; Calicó 1370 var. 
                              (laureate head right); Cohen 1349/1351 
                              (obv./rev.). EF. ($10,000)

                              Ex Bar Kokhba Lamp Hoard.

                              Apparently discovered near Hebron, a small group 
                              of sixteen gold, silver, and bronze coins were 
                              found together with two fragments of an unused oil 
                              lamp that may have been used to conceal them. The 
                              latest of the coins, a denarius of Antoninus Pius, 
                              struck in 151-152 CE, dates the hoard to a little 
                              over fifteen years after the defeat of Bar Kokhba 
                              in 135 CE. In addition to the circulating coins, 
                              the inclusion of the seven bronze coins, covering 
                              the three years of the Bar Kokhba War, is 
                              noteworthy. While they were of no commercial 
                              value, since they had been demonetized after the 
                              war, they were nevertheless kept for their 
                              sentimental value.








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