Ze'ev Raban (1890-1970), sketches of coins, based on coins from the Hasmonean kingdom, the Herodian kingdom, the Bar Kokhba revolt; and pendants and pins made based on these sketches. [Jerusalem, 1950s].
Lot includes: • Ten large sketches based on eight early coins (some taken from both sides of the same coin). Pencil and ink on paper. All bear the stamp of Raban's studio.
40X50 cm on average. Good-fair condition. Tears, stains and blemishes. Some repairs with acidic adhesive tape.
• Eight medallions, mostly based on the present sketches; some double-sided. One pendant depicts the Tower of David on verso, and one depicts the Roaring Lion Monument in Tel-Hai.

Diameter: approx. 26 to 30 mm. Good condition. Minor stains and corrosion.
• 13 pins based on these sketches and on other early coins.

Diameter: 10 mm (apart from two pins, which are 23 mm in diameter). Good condition.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.