Katalog

Larger Middle Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 10,55 g.

ŠM-‘WN (Shimon) in the fields beneath a palm tree//L?-RWT Y-RWŠLM (For the freedom of Jerusalem) around a large vine leaf. Hendin no. 1437; Meshorer, Treasury 254 no. 292; Mildenberg 324 no. 125 (O10/R89), 1.

Partially weakly struck, otherwise nearly extremely fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 474.

Larger Middle Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 11,82 g.

ŠM-‘WN (Shimon) in the fields beneath a palm tree//L?RWT Y-RWŠLM (For the freedom of Jerusalem) around a large vine leaf. Hendin no. 1437; Meshorer, Treasury 254 no. 292; Mildenberg 325 no. 129 (O10/R93), 1 (with illustration of this coin).

Beautiful green patina, partially weakly struck, nearly extremely fine Inv. 567.

Larger Middle Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 12,16 g.

ŠM-‘WN (Shimon) in the fields beneath a palm tree//L?RWT Y-RWŠLM (For the freedom of Jerusalem) around a large vine leaf. Hendin no. 1437; Meshorer, Treasury 254 no. 292; Mildenberg 325 no. 132 (O10/R96).

Green patina, good very fine Inv. 563.

Larger Middle Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 6,29 g.

ŠM-‘WN (Shimon) in the fields beneath a palm tree//L-?-R-W-T YR-WŠL-M (For the freedom of Jerusalem) around a large vine leaf. Hendin no. 1437; Kaufmann no. 37; Meshorer, Treasury 254 no. 292; Mildenberg - (O11/R-).

Very rare. Green patina, partially weakly struck, otherwise nearly extremely fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 475.

Small Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 4,8 g.

’L‘ / ZR HKWHN (Eleazar the priest) in the fields beneath a palm treee//L?RWT – Y-RWŠLM (For the freedom of Jerusalem) around a wreath, within a palm frond. Hendin no. 1438; Meshorer, Treasury 255 no. 300; Mildenberg 331 no. 155 (O4/R4).

Rare. Nearly very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 478.

Small Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 4,69 g.

Y-RW / ŠL-M (Jerusalem) on both sides of a palm tree//L?RWT – YRWŠLM (For the freedom of Jerusalem) around a wreath, within a palm frond. Hendin no. 1439; Meshorer, Treasury 255 no. 301; Mildenberg 332 no. 157 (O4/R7).

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 479.

Small Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 5,11 g.

ŠMN-‘W on both sides of a palm tree//L?RWT – YRWŠLM (For the freedom of Jerusalem) around a bunch of grapes. Hendin no. 1436; Meshorer, Treasury 255 no. 302; Mildenberg 332 no. 158 (O4/R8)

Very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 480.

Small Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 5,36 g.

ŠM / ‘WN on both sides of a palm tree//L?RWT – YRWŠLM (For the freedom of Jerusalem) around a bunch of grapes. Hendin no. 1440; Meshorer, Treasury 255 no. 302; Mildenberg 333f. no. 160 (O4/R10).

Very fine/nearly very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 482.

Small Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 5,73 g.

ŠM / ‘WN on both sides of a palm tree//L?RWT – YRWŠLM (For the freedom of Jerusalem) around a bunch of grapes. Hendin no. 1440; Meshorer Treasury, 255 no. 302; Mildenberg 333 no. 160 (O4/R10)

Traces of overstriking, nearly very fine Overbeck – Meshorer no. 484.

Small Bronze, undated year 3 (=134/135); 6,15 g.

Illegible Legend on both sides of a palm tree//Illegible legend around a bunch of grapes. Hendin no. 1440b; Meshorer, Treasury 255 no. 304; Mildenberg 344 no. 231 (O7/R7).

Fine

Overbeck - Meshorer no. 485.

Hadrian, 117-138. Middle Bronze, undated, Jerusalem; 8,93 g.

IMP CAE TR – HAD AVG around laureate draped bust of Hadrianus to r. //SABIN – AVGVS around draped bust of Sabina to r. Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina, 70 f. no. 7; RPC III no. 3968.18 (this coin).

Fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 486.

Since the emperor Hadrian founded the Colonia Aelia Capitolina in 130/131 and since the empress Sabina died in late 136 or 137, this coin was minted in the years between 130/131 and 136/137. It is remarkable that this coin lacks the city’s new ethnic. It is worth considering whether this issue was made by order of the emperor to commemorate his and his wife’s visit in the city.

Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, 177-180. Middle Bronze, undated, Jerusalem; 16,68 g.

IMP ANTONINVS ET COMODVS AVGG around the confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius facing l. and Commodus facing r., both laureate, draped and cuirassed//COL AE-L CAP around draped bust of Serapis, crowned with a bushel (modius). Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina, 80 f. no. 57; RPC IV.3 no 6418 (temporary).

Very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 487.

Hadrian, 117-138. Middle Bronze, year not legible, but probably year 4/193 = 132/133; 15,55 g.

ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC C Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian r.//ΓΑΖΑ - ΕΙω Io, standing r., and Tyche of Gaza, turreted and holding cornucopia in her left hand, clasping hands. RPC cf. no. 4029.

Very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 488.

ex Sternberg 12, Zurich 1982, no. 600; ex Sternberg 6, Zurich 1976, no. 616.

Leopold I., 1657-1705. Silver medal 1686,

unsigned; designed and minted in order to commemorate the capture of Ofen (=Buda) in 1686. A man with turban is filling a smelting furnace, while a Jew, wearing a broad beaked hat, is driving the bellows in order to boost the fire, around this scenery WER DISTILLIRT NUN GELD ZUM FRIED WEIL TÜRCK UND IUD DES KRIEGES MÜD (Who will now produce money of purified precious metal, in order to buy peace, as Turks and Jews are tired of war?)//OFEN / GEHÖRT FÜR / LEOPOLD . / MAHUMETH IST DAS / GLÜCK ABHOLD , / VERLIERET OFEN SAMT / DEM GOLD , / DAFÜR MAN FRIEDEN / KAUFFEN SOLT . / AN . / * 1686 *. (Ofen belongs to Leopold. Fortune was averse to Mohammed, and therefore he loses Ofen (= the Furnace) together with the gold, which should have been used to buy peace) in 11 lines. Edge inscribed with: DURCH DIESEN STREICH . DAS TURCKEN REICH . STEHT AUF DER NEIG (By this surprise coup the Turkish Empire is faced with ruin). 41,91 mm; 29,54 g. Friedenberg p. 18; Kirschner 31; Slg. Montenuovo 981. Cf. M. Bernhart, Die Türken im Wandel des historischen Urteils: Eine medaillengeschichtliche Betrachtung, Monatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft 8, 1915, 69-80, esp. 76-78.

Extremely rare. Nice patina, nearly extremely fine

This medal recalls to a brutal massacre of Jews in the course of the Holy League’s campaign against the Turks in 1686. Ofen/Buda (today a part of the modern Hungarian capital Budapest) had been under Turkish rule since 1541. During the Turkish domination of Ofen a large part of the Christian population had fled into the neighbouring Habsburgian Empire, whereas many Gipsies and Jews emigrated to Ofen so that they became dominant in Turkish Buda. After the Turkish failure in the Second Siege of Vienna in 1683 Emperor Leopold I saw an opportunity to conquer Hungary. Supported by the Pope, King Jan Sobieski of Poland, and the Republic of Venice he started his counter-strike in 1684, but this first siege of Buda failed. Two years later, in 1686, the Holy League conducted a new campaign against the Turks and attacked Ofen again. After two months of besiegement, on the 2nd of September 1686, the League’s soldiers succeeded in entering and plundering the city. They slaughtered not only the Turkish habitants of the city but also many of the Jews living there. About 1000 of them were massacred and their homes looted, hundreds of them sold into slavery. Ofen’s mosques and synagogues were destroyed, and the dead bodies of Jews and Turks were thrown into the Danube. In 1687 the Austrians defeated the Turks in the battle of Mohacs once more. In view of these successes the Hungarians assigned the Hungarian crown to the Habsburgian dynasty. In this respect the medal commemorates a turning point of world history.

Napoleon I, 1804-1814, 1815. Silver medal 1806,

signed by the medailleur Alexis Joseph Depaulis (1790-1867); commemorating the Grand Sanhedrin. Napoleon’s bust in uniform to the right, above his head laurel wreath, around NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI, in exergue: DENON D(irexit), DEPAULIS F(ecit)//Bare-footed horned Moses has fallen on his knees before Napoleon and hands over the tablets with the Ten Commandments to Napoleon clad in imperial vestments, in exergue GRAN SANHEDRIN / XXX MAI MDCCCVI. 41,16 mm; 33,53 g. Friedenberg S. 40; Slg. Julius 1573; Zeitz -.

The silver issue is very rare. Original issue. Fields slightly tooled, nearly very fine

As early as the French Revolution Jews living in France had been given the same rights as other Frenchmen. The 'Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen' guaranteed freedom of religion. Napoleon tried to enforce these principles in the countries which he had conquered. Although he took a critical stance against Jewish moneylenders and took steps to prevent their activities, he made efforts to better the Jews’ situation all over his empire. In France he took a lot of measures to integrate Jewish people in French society in order to eliminate the differences between them and the majority of the population. Many Jews feared the complete loss of identity by total assimilation. However, he invited the French Jews to elect representatives which formed a council named Sanhedrin and which should pursue the interests of the Jewish community before the French Government. The Hebrew word Sanhedrin/Council traces back to the Greek word for council: synhedrion. Jean Bertrand Andrieu (1761-1822) was a major French medalist. Dominique-Vivant Denon (formerly known as De Non, 1747-1825) was the Directeur général du Musée central des arts (since 1804 Musée Napoléon, today’s Louvre) and also the director of the French institute for the minting of medals.

Maximilian I. (IV.) Joseph, 1799-1806-1825. Silver medal 5584 AM (= 1824 CE),

signed by Joseph Losch, who worked for the Bavarian State Mint from 1803 to 1826; minted to commemorate the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone of Munich’s new synagogue in the Westenrieder-Street. Head to l.//Legend in six lines in Hebrew script. 26,44 mm; 5,32 g. Hauser 766.

Extremely rare. Nearly extremely fine

Ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 9, München 1992, no. 1979.

The Hebrew text on the reverse says: 'The cornerstone of the synagogue to be constructed in the capital of Munich was laid by the mercy of the king on the 2nd day of the month Af in the year 5584'. Hauser l. c. describes the new built synagogue as follows: 'The synagogue was built in the style of High Renaissance by Baurat Metivier in the years of 1824-1826. It housed a hall surrounded by a women’s gallery, which was supported by nice columns of red Tegernsee marble. The columns were topped by palm capitals of white marble. The inauguration took place in 1826 in presence of King Ludwig I. and his wife. After the completion of the new synagogue at the Herzog-Max-Straße, inaugurated in 1887, this building was demolished and replaced by a private house.'

Ludwig I., 1825-1848. Silver medal 1826,

signed by J. W. Löwenbach; on the inauguration of the synagogue at the Westenriederstraße in Munich. View of the synagogue//In 12 lines: ERBAUT / UNTER DER GLORREICH : / REGIERUNG DES HÖCHSTSEL : / KÖNIGS MAX : IOSEPH I . / EINGEWEIHT AM VORABENDE / DES PESACHFESTES 5586 D . I . AM / 21 . APRIL 1826 IN GEGENW : I . I . M . M . / DES KÖNIGS LUDWIG I . / VON BAYERN UND DER / KÖNIGIN THERESE . / GOTT ERHALTE / SIE LANGE ! (Built under the glorious reign of the late king Maximilian Joseph I; inaugurated on the eve of the Passover 5586, i. e. the 21st of April 1826, in presence of king Ludwig I of Bavaria and his wife queen Therese. God save them long!). 39,15 mm; 18,18 g. Hauser vgl. 767 (diameter 33 mm).

Very rare. Edge fault, extremely fine

Cast one-sided bronze plaque 1907,

signed by K. GOETZ and C. POELLATH SCHROBENHAUSEN; on the inauguration of the new synagogue of the Jewish Community in Frankfurt. Adorned doorway, in the background view of the synagogue, surrounded by a halo: One German inscription (EINGEWEIHT AM 23. AUGUST 1907 (inaugurated at the 23rd of August 1907)) and three inscriptions in Hebrew ('Thursday, the 19th of Elul of this year'; 'Enlarge the place of thy tent' (Isaiah 54, 2), 'The Community of the Jews'). 61,61 x 49,13 mm; 65,14 g. Slg. Whiting 531; Felder, Karl Goetz, mentioned on p. 30, 50, 74 and 81.

Extremely fine

The synagogue at the Friedberger Anlage in Frankfurt offered space for more than 1600 worshippers. It was built after the plans of the renowned Berlin architects Peter Jürgensen and Jürgen Bachmann. Representatives of the Prussian Government, of the City of Frankfurt and of the Jewish communities had taken part in its inauguration in 1907. During the pogroms in November 1938 the synagogue was attacked with incendiary devices in order to destroy it. The building survived these assaults, but the Nazis stated that the building was in danger of collapsing and threatening public security. Therefore, they forced the Jewish Community to demolish it at their own cost. During 2nd World War a high-rise bunker was built in its place. It still exists today, but is now used for permanent exhibition documenting Jewish life in Frankfurt’s Ostend.

Bronze jeton 1841,

signed J. D.; on the construction of the Hospital of the German-Jewish Community. SALOMON HEINE. MENSCHENLIEBE IST DIE KRONE ALLER TUGENDEN (Salomon Heine. Philanthropy is the crown of all virtues) around the head of him//KRANKENHAUS D. D. ISRAEL. GEMEINDE (Hospital of the German-Jewish Community) around view of the hospital, DER SEL. FRAU BETTY HEINE ZUM ANDENKEN ERBAUT VON IHREM GATTEN HAMB. 1841 (Built by her husband in Hamburg 1841 in commemoration of the late Betty Heine). 23,02 mm; 3,96 g. Gaed. 2071; Slg. Brettauer 2886.

Rare. Very fine

Salomon Heine, 1767-1844, was a well-known Hamburg merchant, banker and patron. He supported not only citizens of Hamburg, but also his nephew, the famous poet Heinrich Heine, by money. He established the Jewish Hospital in Hamburg in remembrance of his wife Elisabeth (called Betty) who had died in 1837.