Original scientific paper
Bar Kokhba’s bronze coin from Kolovare Beach in Zadar
Nikola Cesarik
orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-0687
; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zavod za povijesne i društvene znanosti u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Dejan Filipčić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-3819
Vjekoslav Kramberger
Abstract
The authors discuss the bronze coin minted during the Bar Kokhba Revolt of 132-135 AD. The coin was accidentally found at Kolovare Beach in Zadar in 2016. Based on some facts and on some interpretations rendered by the late Professor Zdenko Brusić, chances are the coin originally came from the Roman Forum complex or the surrounding area, from where it was transported in the 1960s to the location of the present-day city beach together with masonry demolition debris. The paper suggests the possibility that the coin could have been brought to Iader by the Roman soldiers who had taken part in the crushing of the Second Jewish Revolt or by Jewish refugees. The paper also underlines the connection between Dalmatia and the Second Jewish Revolt, because it was a man from these parts who deserved credit for the suppression of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, for which he received the highest decorations by Emperor Hadrian.
Keywords
bronze coin; Bar Kokhba; Second Jewish Revolt; Iader; Zadar; Kolovare; Forum; Sextus Julius Severus
Hrčak ID:
217421
URI
Publication date:
15.2.2019.
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