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With Passover nearly upon us, I cannot help but trawl the Passover seder for numismatic connections. Luckily said, a connection is quite forthcoming! The Passover seder is divided into fifteen sections, the final of which (Nirtzah) is comprised of festive songs. For the purposes of this post, we will focus on perhaps one of the most interesting of those songs, Chad Gadya. What is specifically of interest here is the chorus, which translates as “One little goat, one little goat, which my father bought for two zuzim.”
Figure 1. Half Shekel, ANS 1944.100.62980
Before diving into the chorus, it is apt to…
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Figure 1. Catuvellauni gold stater depicting horse, chariot wheel, and astral imagery. (ANS 1944.100.78360)
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Figure 1. ANS 1969.83.35. Didrachm, RRC 22/1 (265-242 BCE). 6.54g. Gift of E.R. Miles. Control marks: Club/ΘΘ.
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