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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.38 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5
CE). ‘Simon’ (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril. Rev. ‘For the freedom of Jerusalem’
(Paleo-Hebrew), fluted jug with handle on left; in right field, willow branch. (Mildenberg 156 (O11/R58);
TJC 285; Hendin 1433). Luster still present. Lightly toned. Extremely fine.
$ 600
Purchased privately from H. Kreindler, October 1987.
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (2.98 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5
CE). ‘Simon’ (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril. Rev. ‘For the freedom of Jerusalem’
(Paleo-Hebrew), fluted jug with handle on left; no willow branch. (Mildenberg 164 (O21/R89); TJC 286;
Hendin 1434). Overstruck on a drachm of Trajan from Bostra, with both the portrait and the tail end of
the camel visible. A remarkable undertype. Lot includes a matching Drachm of the host coin. Ideal for
display. Both coins extremely fine.
$ 1,000
Purchased from E. Waddell online sale, August 2003, lot 110.
An excellent study lot for the Bar Kochba zuz series, which was without exception overstruck on captured Roman imperial and
provincial denarii and drachms. The lot includes a provincial drachm of Bostra struck under Trajan and an undated zuz attributed
to the third year (134/5 CE) of the Bar Kochba War struck over a similar Bostra drachm of Trajan. Essentially a snapshot of small
silver coinage in Judaea before (drachm) and after (zuz) the outbreak of the Bar Kochba War.