Auction 55b
Part II - Bruno Kirschner's Medal Collection and other Numismatic Items
May 9, 2017
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Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 128:
Three Kabbalistic Amulets - 19th Century
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Sold for: $500
Start price:
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300
Auction house commission:
23%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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Three Kabbalistic Amulets - 19th Century
1. Obverse: square with holy names, surrounded by the Hebrew verse "The Lord is our God the Lord is One". Reverse: the Hebrew acronym ARARITA in the center, surrounded by a Hebrew Kabbalistic verse (slightly faulty). Diameter: 58 mm. Remains of suspension loop. Damaged.
2-3. Two Jewish-Christian amulets. Obverse: square with holy names, surrounded by the names of the angels Uriel, Gabriel, Michael and Raphael. Reverse: Pentagon with the figure of Christ and the Hebrew inscription "showbreads", surrounded by various names and verses. Diameter: 36 mm, 44 mm. Both have suspension loops.
See: Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the Jewish Museum, London, edited by R. D. Barnett. London, 1974. Item 618, plate CLXIII.
Provenance: collection of Bruno Kirschner.
