60 / 120
108 Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.21 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), upright palm branch.
(Mildenberg 50.10 (O11/R29; this coin); TJC 248; Hendin 1394). Trace of undertype visible. Struck on a
nice, large flan. Extremely fine.
$ 1,000
ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part II (Superior, 10 December 1992), lot 463
ex El Fawar Hoard.
This zuz shows clear traces of a Roman imperial denarius of Domitian of AD 95/6 beneath its rebel types, illustrating the urgency
with which the Bar Kochba coinage was produced. There was no time to re-smelt the coins of the hated Romans, but they had to
be restruck quickly and thus imperfectly to keep up with the needs of the Jewish rebels.
109
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (2.89 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), upright palm branch.
(Mildenberg 40.29 (O7/R12; this coin); TJC 248; Hendin 1394).
The Mildenberg plate coin.
Boldly struck and well
centered. Delicately toned and a beautiful example! Superb extremely fine.
$ 1,000
ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part 1 (Superior, 5 December 1991), lot 143.
110
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.17 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), upright palm branch.
(Mildenberg 41 (O8/R12); TJC 248; Hendin 1394).
Rare.
Traces of the original provincial drachm of Trajan visible
on the obverse. Lustrous surfaces and lightly toned. Superb extremely fine.
$ 900
Purchased privately from D. Hendin, July 1988.
The grape bunch of this and the following two zuzim of the second year (133/4 CE) of the Bar Kochba War derive from the reverse
type of zuzim struck in the first year (132/3 CE). The palm branch reverse type may allude to the first year zuzim which featured a
jug with a palm branch on the reverse. This particular specimen is overstruck on a provincial drachm of Bostra under Trajan.