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Reign of Agrippa II ? Cheese loaf-like weight made of white limestone with brown patina, greatest diameter 10 cm, height ca. 5.5 cm, engraved with: L Ɛ βασιλέ|ως | Ἀγρίππου | Ἀθάμα (Year 5 of [the reign] of King Agrippa. [Weight] of Athamas).

Overbeck – Meshorer no. A59.

Prima facie, it is unclear, whether the king mentioned in this inscription is Agrippa I or Agrippa II. The lack of Agrippa I’s title 'megas’ may be used as an argument for the identification of the king, after whose reign the weight is dated, with Agrippa II. The name of the owner of this weight, Athamas, is of great interest: Athamas is a very rare Greek mythological name, but it is highly improbable to find a bearer of this name, which falls back to a Boiotian and Thessalian hero, in Judaea. Also the use of the wrong genitive form Athama instead of Athamantos (cf. W. Pape – G. Benseler, Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen I, A-K, Braunschweig 1911, 23) shows that we are not dealing with a Greek living in Judaea but with a Jew. Agrippa II’s realm mainly comprised of territories with a mixed population, where Greek was used as a common language (cf. the language used for the inscription) and where many Jews tried to become integrated in the existing society while maintaining their religious and cultural identity as far as possible. This endeavour is reflected by the names given to Jewish children in this area or generally in the diaspora. Quite often Jewish parents gave their children Greek names which could be understood as translations of Hebrew names (e.g. Salome = Eirene, Theodoros = Nathanael, Gelasios = Itzhak), as allusions to them (Leontios = Juda) or homonyms of Hebrew names (Jason = Joshua). Athamas, the name inscribed into the weight, belongs to the last category: It is the hellenised form of the Jewish name Adam; cf. e.g. J. Mélèze-Modrzejewski, Les tourments de Paul de Tarse, in: Symposion 1988. Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Siena – Pisa, 6.-8. Juni 1988), Köln/Wien 1990, 320 f. In coming to a conclusion, this weight bears witness to both the situation in Agrippa II's kingdom and the Jews’ difficult life in the diaspora.

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Glass pendant, 18 mm, showing the menorah, flanked by shofar and lulav. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A65.

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Glass pendant, 18 mm, showing the menorah, flanked by shofar and lulav. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A66.

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Bronze finger ring, 18 mm showing the menorah, flanked by lulav and shofar.

Overbeck – Meshorer no. A 67.

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Ring plate of a bronze finger ring showing the menorah flanked by shofar and lulav indicated only by two vertical strokes. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A68.

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Lead bulla, 18 mm, showing the menorah flanked by two objects which may be identified as shofar and lulav; on the rev. IAC in Greek characters (which could be interpreted as the first three letters of the name Ἰάσων = Joshua). Overbeck – Meshorer no. A69.

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Silver amulet against the devil, evil eye, fever and chills, 30 x 40 mm, engraved with 11 lines of a text drawn up in Hebrew. The small and fragile object was originally rolled and enclosed in a capsule. Meshorer tried to decipher the difficult legible text: "This amulet is for Shimon, the son of Shapira against all [evils?] like the Satain, the evil eye, fever and chills, [especially against the Daemon who causes chills. In the name of the god of Israel" – 4 lines of magical letters and symbols – ...] God’s divine presence upon my head [... – ...] chase away the Satan [ ..., ] the Lord of heavenly armies ... God – of Israel".

Overbeck – Meshorer no. A70.

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Glass pendant, , showing a lion with raised tail, striding to the l., above it crescent. In this case, we cannot be sure that the lion is an allusion to Judah. The crescent above the animal rather indicates that the image refers to a star constellation or only to that of sun and moon.

Inv. 72

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A pair of antique golden earpendants, consisting of drop-shaped corpus decorated with spirals and granulated golden ribbons; from the corpus an agglomeration of three ball-like objects is hanging down; they may be interpreted as pomegranates; granulation.

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Theoderich, 491-526. AV-Tremissis mit Namen Anastasius I., Rom; 1,34 g. Drapierte Büste r. mit Diadem//Victoria steht v. v. mit Kranz und Kreuzglobus, r. vielstrahliger Stern. Hahn, MIB 10; Kraus vergl. 19; Metlich 14. GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich

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Theoderich, 491-526. Æ-40 Nummi, Rom, 4. Offizin; 7,45 g. Drapierte Büste der Roma r. mit Helm//Adler steht l., Kopf r. Hahn, MIB 74 b; Kraus 5 (quasi-autonom); Metlich 76 a. Überdurchschnittlich erhalten. Braungrüne Patina, vorzüglich

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Theodahad, 534-536. Æ-Follis, Rom; 9,97 g.

Drapierte Büste r. mit Krone//Victoria geht r. mit Kranz und Palmzweig über Prora.

Ursprünglich erworben am 11.11.1912 bei Egger, Wien (laut Unterlegzettel).

Das Stück wurde möglicherweise auch unter Witigis geprägt.

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Liutprand, 712-744. AV-Tremissis; 0,99 g. Drapierte Büste r. mit Diadem, davor T//St. Michael steht l. mit Langkreuz. Arslan -; Bernareggi S. 162; CNI -, vergl. 3 ff.; Grierson/Blackburn -; Oddy Class II. GOLD. RR Vorzüglich

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Wahrscheinlich burgundischer Raum. AV-Tremissis, vor 585. 1,34 g.

Gepanzerte Büste r. mit Diadem//Barbarisierte Victoria steht v. v.

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Südfrankreich oder Nordspanien. AV-Tremissis, um 585.

nach byzantinischem Vorbild. 1,35 g. Gepanzertes Brustbild r. mit Diadem//Kreuz.

Erworben bei Spink. Gefunden 2010 in Kingsdown (GB), recorded at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2011.0166.

Die Prägung dürfte während des Übergangs von der pseudo-imperialen zur 'nationalen' Prägung der Merowinger entstanden sein.

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Triens, um 675,

aus geringhaltigem Gold. 1,13 g. Kopf l.//Figur (barbarisierte Victoria) steht v. v. Vgl. Slg. Fürstlich Fürstenbergisches Münzkabinett, Auktion Adolph E. Cahn 44, Frankfurt/Main 1921, Nr. 54; vgl. Engel/Lehr 3-8.

Exemplar aus dem Lager der Münzhandlung Poinsignon, Straßburg.

Diese Prägung stammt vermutlich aus dem Umfeld von Straßburg.

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Triens, um 585/620.

Münzmeister Ela. 1,26 g. kopf r. mit Diadem//Kreuz auf einer mit einem Kreuz geschmückten Basis.

Exemplar aus dem Lager der Münzhandlung Sauer, Wien.

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Triens, um 620/640

Unbekannter Münzmeister. 1,13 g. Drapierte Büste r. mit Diadem//Kreuzauf zwei Stufen.

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Friesland. AR-Sceat, ca. 695-740.

Continental Sceattas Series E. 1,29 g. Abstrakter Kopf r.//Stilisierte Standarte, darin ToT / - X.