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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.33 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), upright palm branch. (Mildenberg 148.4 (O11/R60; this coin); TJC 272c; Hendin 1430).
The Mildenberg plate coin.
The undertype clearly visible on the reverse. A remarkable example. Attractively
toned. Superb extremely fine.
$ 1,000
ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part II (10 December 1992), lot 507
ex El Fawar Hoard.
193
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.30 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), upright palm branch. (Mildenberg 151 (O11/R71); TJC 272c; Hendin 1430).
Extremely
Rare - only two specimens cited in Mildenberg.
Overstruck on a denarius of Domitian with his head and legend
partly visible on the obverse, and part of the legend visible on the reverse. As struck. Nearly mint state.
$ 1,000
Purchased privately, August 2001.
The host denarius used for this undated zuz attributed to the third year (134/5 CE) of the Bar Kokhba War was struck under
Domitian, the brother and successor of Titus - the destroyer of Jerusalem and its Temple in 70 CE.
194
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.22 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’ (Pa-
leo-Hebrew), upright palm branch. (Mildenberg 145 (O11/R61); TJC 272c; Hendin 1430).
Rare - only
eight specimens cited in Mildenberg.
Lightly toned. Superb extremely fine.
$ 700
ex Tkalec (28 October 1994), lot 125.