Jewish Silver Coin Pendant Israeli Shekel Jerusalem Palm - Alva Museum Necklace

Description

ALVA Museum Replica Silver Coin of Ancient Israel Pendant
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The coin is marked "Alva" and comes with the original Alva gift box and paperwork.
The pendant has been well-maintained and cared for over the years.  It is in excellent condition.
Coin of Ancient Israel, 132-135 C.E.
The original is of bronze.
Coins are first mentioned in Genesis, when Abraham gives Ephron four hundred shekels of silver current with the merchant.  Simeon, brother of Judas Maccabaeus, established the first recorded right of the Jews to strike their own coins.  His successor, John Hyrcanus I (135-104 B.C.E), exercised this right toward the end of his reign.
Temple of Jerusalem.  Heeding the Second Commandment, "You shall not make yourself a graven image..." they placed symbols on their shekels.
In response to a visit by the Emperor Hadrian, in 130 C.E. to establish a Roman colony on the ruins of Jerusalem, the Jews began a second revolt under Simeon Bar-Kochba (Son of the Star).  Having no resources of silver or bronze, he re-struck Roman and local coins.  This coin was struck on a Jerusalem coin.
The obverse shows a vine leaf and stem, circled by the inscription, "For the Freedom of Jerusalem".
The reverse shows a palm tree with two bunches of fruit and is inscribed, in ancient Hebrew, "Simeon".
Authorized, copyrighted reproduction in metal, silver plated, made from the original in the collections of The Jewish Museum, New York, by Alva Museum Replicas, New York.
Alva Studios, operated by Alfred Wolkenberg. Alfred was born in Vienna in 1911 and immigrated to the US in 1939. In 1948 he founded Alva Studios of Long Island City, NY. He had many artists and designers who were commissioned to produce reproductions of priceless ancient jewelry and sculpture. The pieces were marked Alva Museum Replicas and sold at famous museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art ( MMA ), Smithsonian Institute ( SI ), The Louvre, The Art Institute of Chicago, etc...
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