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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.24 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), elongated lyre with three strings. (Mildenberg 182 (O22/R116); TJC 274; Hendin 1435).
Very rare - only six specimens cited in Mildenberg.
Underlying luster present.
Superb extremely fine.
$ 600
ex Sternberg XXXIII (18 September 1997), lot 226.
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (2.99 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), elongated lyre with three strings. (Mildenberg 186 (O22/R120); TJC 274; Hendin 1435).
Overstruck on a denarius of Vespasian with part of the legend showing on the obverse. Toned.
Extremely fine.
$ 600
Purchased privately from D. Hendin, March 1994.
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (2.60 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), elongated lyre with three strings. (Mildenberg 201 (O24/R129); TJC 274; Hendin 1435).
Toned. Extremely fine.
$ 600
Purchased privately from D. Hendin at the NYNC, December 1989.