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Very Rare Hybrid Year One / Year Two Silver Zuz
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.33 g), 132-135 CE. Hybrid year 1, year 2 (132/3-133/4 CE).
‘Year one of the redemption of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf. Rev.
‘Year two of the freedom of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), palm branch. (Mildenberg 10 (O2/R8); TJC 237;
Hendin 1382). Boldly struck and delicately toned. Superb extremely fine.
$ 9,000
Purchased privately from D. Hendin, October 1989
ex Maltiel-Gerstenfeld Collection.
This and the following zuz represent hybrid coins struck from two reverse dies, one from the first year (132/3 CE) and the other
from the second year (133/4 CE) of the Bar Kokhba War. According to (Mildenberg’s die studies, the Year 1 / 2 hybrids were struck
quite early in the second year.
Phenomenal Hybrid Year One / Year Two Silver Zuz
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.06 g), 132-135 CE. Hybrid year 1, year 2 (132/3-133/4 CE).
‘Year one of the redemption of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf. Rev.
‘Year two of the freedom of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), wide lyre with three strings and four dots on sound box.
(Mildenberg 9 (O1/R7); TJC 236; Hendin 1383).
Very rare - only six examples cited by Mildenberg.
Struck
on a huge flan. Superb. Nearly mint state.
$ 10,000
Purchased privately from D. Hendin, May 1991.