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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.90 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). Nearly extremely fine.
$ 800
ex Goldberg 14 (2 June 2002), lot 4438
ex Dr. Jonathan A. Herbst Collection (Superior, 8-9 December 1995), lot 1270.
Although no legends of the undertype are visible, sufficient outline of the portrait is clear that it shows that an early Roman imperial
denarius of Trajan was used as the host for this zuz of the second year (133/4 CE).
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.30 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. (Mildenberg 39 (O7/R18); TJC 253; Hendin 1395). Trace of undertype
visible. Underlying luster and attractive light toning. Extremely fine.
$ 900
Purchased privately from D. Hendin, July 1988.
Both the grape bunch and the jug with willow branch types of this and the following zuz of the second year (133/4 CE) of the Bar
Kochba War take their typological queue from the zuz issue of the first year (132/3 CE), 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 Kochba.
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.18 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. (Mildenberg 45 (O8/R22); TJC 253; Hendin 1395).
Extremely fine.
$ 800
ex Jascha Heifetz Collection, part 2 (Superior, 9-10 December 1989), lot 2856.