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1 WORLD & ANCIENT COINS AUCTION MARCH 8-9, 2012 NEW YORK LIVE & ONLINE HERITAGE AUCTIONS PRESENTS: THE SHOSHANA COLLECTION ANCIENT COINS OF JUDEA The origins of the Jewish people and their homeland as told through coins.

2 Highlights from the collection will be previewed NEW YORK January 4-8, 2012 LONDON, UK February 8-10, 2012 Visit for further details. Silver quarter-shekel of year 1. Unique! Ex: Bromberg Collection HA.com/ (image enlarged 1.5X) Silver shekel of Year 5. Ex: Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection. HA.com/ (image enlarged 2.2X) Painstakingly put together over a 40-year span, the Shoshana Collection is one of the most comprehensive coin collections ever assembled relating to the foundation of Ancient Israel. More than 1,800 coins, with auction estimates The greatest private collection of ancient Jewish coins ever brought to public auction, spanning 1,100 years, from circa 500 BCE to 600 CE, including: A remarkable offering of Philistian and Yehud silver coins struck in the Persian and Hellenistic periods. A wide selection of bronzes struck under the Hasmonean and Herodian dynasties, including many great rarities. An amazing offering from the First Jewish War, including the prototype Year 1 shekel (only two known) and quarter shekel (unique). All the major Roman Judaea Capta types, including the incredibly rare Judaea Devicta Gold aureus of Titus. An extensive offering of coins from the Bar Kochba Uprising, including virtually every die combination recorded by Mildenberg. A phenomenal selection of high-quality City Coins struck under Imperial rule in Judea and Samaria. Silver sela of Year 1. Ex: Bromberg Collection. HA.com/ (image enlarged 1.8X) Silver shekel of Year 4. Hendin Rare. HA.com/ (image enlarged 1.8X) Roman Empire. Vespasian (69-79 CE). HA.com/ (image enlarged 1.5X) ranging from $200 to $750,000 per coin, are scheduled for auction at Heritage in 2012, with the first sessions scheduled for March 8-9 in New York City. Roman Empire. Titus as Caesar (69-79 CE). Gold Aureus. HA.com/ (image enlarged 1.9X)

Included are small silver coins of the Persian

Jewish rulers and Yehud Coinage (circa 400-333

com/3003-06050 Early Philistian (circa 400-350

Apparently unrecorded and possibly unique! HA.

7X) This is a remarkable collection of ancient

It contains many rarities Roman governors,

local city coins struck in the early centuries

Silver quarter-shekel. Hendin 1003 variant. HA.

7X) including the unique quarter shekel of the

and the prototype shekel BCE and CE, and Roman

The Shoshana catalogs will become important

Mildenberg 194. Ex Bromberg. Choice mint state.

Kochba reference works on Judaean coinage, with

One of two known Ex: Bromberg Collection HA.

Titus as Caesar (69-79 CE). Bronze 27mm.

3 Included are small silver coins of the Persian and Ptolemaic periods, bronzes of earliest Jewish rulers and Yehud Coinage (circa BCE). Silver half-gerah. Hendin HA.com/ Early Philistian (circa BCE). Silver quarter-shekel or drachm. Apparently unrecorded and possibly unique! HA.com/ (Image enlarged 1.7X) This is a remarkable collection of ancient Jewish and Biblical Coins. It contains many rarities Roman governors, issues of the two great wars against Rome, local city coins struck in the early centuries Silver shekel of Year 4. Rare and choice. HA.com/ Early Philistia. Ashdod (circa BCE). Silver quarter-shekel. Hendin 1003 variant. HA.com/ (Image enlarged 1.7X) including the unique quarter shekel of the first year of the Jewish War (struck 66/67 AD) and the prototype shekel BCE and CE, and Roman issues relating to Judaea. The Shoshana catalogs will become important Silver zuz dated Year 1. Mildenberg 9. Very rare. HA.com/ Silver zuz attributed to Year 3. Mildenberg 194. Ex Bromberg. Choice mint state. HA.com/ of the same year, of which only two are known to exist. The quality and range of the coins of the Bar Kochba reference works on Judaean coinage, with attributions by renowned specialists David Hendin and Herb Kreindler. Silver prototype shekel of Year 1. One of two known Ex: Bromberg Collection HA.com/ Bithynia. Titus as Caesar (69-79 CE). Bronze 27mm. Hendin Rare. HA.com/ Rome. Domitian (81-96 CE). Provincial Judaea Capta issue. Hendin HA.com/ Ascalon. Caracalla ( CE). Silver tetradrachm. Third known specimen! HA.com/ Revolt are remarkable. The collection also contains two beautiful examples of the menorah/showbread table coin struck under Mattatayah Antigonus (40-37 BC) the last of the Hasmonean kings. Just as impressive are several extremely rare Herodian Dynasty coins, several of Silver zuz dated Year 2. Mildenberg 43. Ex: Bromberg. HA.com/ which I have seen only a few times over more than 40 years. The array of city coins Silver half-shekel of Year 3. Hendin HA.com/ Rome. Vespasian (69-79 CE). Hendin Nearly extremely fi ne. HA.com/ is also impressive. Testimony to the rarity and the quality of the coins in the Shoshana collection is that so many of them have been used to Large bronze Abu Jara of Year 1. Rare and unusually complete. HA.com/ Neapolis. Antoninus Pius ( CE). Bronze 34mm. Rare. Good very fi ne. HA.com/ Rome. Titus as Caesar (69-79 CE). Gold aureus. Hendin Rare! HA.com/ (Image enlarged 1.5X) Bronze quarter-shekel of Year 4. Hendin Rare! HA.com/ illustrate standard references or have come from important collections such as Abraham Bromberg and the late Teddy Kollek, mayor of Jerusalem. David Hendin, author of Guide To Biblical Coins and Cultural Change: Jewish, Christian and Islamic Coins of the Holy Land.

4 Part I of the Shoshana Collection will be offered in two sessions on Thursday and Friday, March 8-9, Rome. Hadrian ( CE). Copper as. Hendin 1606 variant. Extremely rare. HA.com/ Yehud Coinage: Ptolemy II ( BCE). Silver hemidrachm. Hendin HA.com/ Pedigrees for coins in the Shoshona Collection read like a who s who of Judaean numismatics, including the 2012, at the beautiful Harry Abraham Bromberg Collection, F. Sinclair Mansion, 2 East 79th Street in Manhattan. Heritage Live! allows you to participate in a live Early Philistia. Ashdod (circa BCE). Silver quarter-shekel. Hendin Extremely rare! Nearly extremely fi ne. HA.com/ Silver shekel of Year 2. Hendin HA.com/ the Jascha Heifetz Collection, the J. C. H. Kaufman Collection, and the Yaakov Meshorer Collection. Many are featured in prominent Heritage auction from the comfort of your home or office over the Internet. You can browse and BID Silver half-shekel of Year 2. Hendin HA.com/ Herod Agrippa II (49/50-94/5 CE). HA.com/ publications and textbooks on the history of the Jewish People. LIVE during the auction event against other Internet bidders and floor bidders. Plus, Signature auctions also include live streaming video Silver zuz attributed to Year 3. Mildenberg 113. Ex: Bromberg. HA.com/ Early Samaria (circa BCE). Silver quarter-shekel. Hendin HA.com/ and audio. Silver shekel of Year 3. Hendin HA.com/ City Coinage: Gaza. Caracalla (AD ). Silver tetradrachm. Unrecorded reverse type for Gaza. HA.com/ Gaba. Titus as Caesar (69-79 CE). Rare. HA.com/ Roman Empire. Nerva (96-98 CE). Orichalcum sestertius struck 96 CE. Choice extremely fi ne, with a beautiful deep green patina. Rare and among the fi nest known. HA.com/ Silver sela. Hybrid of Years 1 and 2. Finest known example. HA.com/ Silver shekel of Year 2. Hendin HA.com/ Rome. Vespasian (69-79 CE). Hendin 1508e. Ex: Bromberg. HA.com/ Free catalog and The Collector s Handbook ($65 value) for new clients. Please submit auction invoices of $ in this category, from any source. Include your contact information and mail to Heritage, fax , catalogorders@ha.com, or call For more details, go to HA.com/FCO.

SHOSHANA COLLECTION THE ANCIENT COINS OF

700,000+ Online Bidder Members 3500 Maple

5 SHOSHANA COLLECTION THE ANCIENT COINS OF JUDEA Annual Sales Exceed $800 Million 700,000+ Online Bidder Members 3500 Maple Avenue Dallas, Texas HA.com DALLAS NEW YORK BEVERLY HILLS SAN FRANCISCO PARIS GENEVA NYC Auctioneer licenses: Samuel Foose ; Robert Korver ; Kathleen Guzman ; Michael J. Sadler ; Andrea Voss This auction is subject to a 19.5% buyer s premium

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