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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.16 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). ‘Simon’, bunch of grapes
with leaf and tendril. Rev. ‘Year two of the freedom of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), wide lyre with three strings
and four dots on sound box. Mildenberg 43 (O8/R25); TJC 240; Hendin 1393. A beautiful example,
boldly struck and quite choice. Removed from an NGC slab where graded Ch AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface:
4/5.
$1,000
From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.
This zuz of the second year of the Bar Kokhba War features a grape bunch obverse type derived from the similar reverse type
used already for zuzim in the first year issues.
291
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.20 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). ‘Simon’, bunch of grapes
with leaf and tendril. Rev. ‘Year two of the freedom of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), fluted jug with handle on
left; in right field, willow branch. Hendin 1395; Mildenberg 45 (O8/R22’); TJC 253. Boldly struck. Re-
moved from an NGC slab where graded AU; Strike: 2/5, Surface: 4/5.
$750
From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.
Both the grape bunch and the jug with willow branch types of the zuzim of the second year of the Bar Kokhba War take
their typological queue from the zuz issue of the first year, but invert obverse and reverse types. Also notable is the removal
of the paleo-Hebrew legend naming Eleazar the priest and its replacement with an inscription naming Simon bar Kokhba.