98 THE ROMAN COINS 



a very interesting letter from the Keeper of tlie Coins 

 concerning No. 9; and a sketch of its obverse face. Our 

 attempts at a photograph were unsuccessful. The reverse 

 is hopelessly obscured. 



E. S. Conway. 



Department of Coins and Medals, 

 British Museum, London, W.C. 

 May 24, 1905. 



Dear Mr. Conway, — 



The smaller of your two coins is almost certainly 

 Jewish, as it has on one side the cup as on the later 

 Jewish coins. The letter above seems to be t^' the 

 initial letter of the name of Simon Bar-cochab. In 

 this case the date of the coin would be a.d. 132 — 135. 

 I can find no published Jewish coin quite like it, so the 

 attribution must not be taken as certain. 



Yours sincerely, 



B. Y. Head. 



