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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.27 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 171 (O21/R96); TJC 272c; Hendin 1430).
Overstruck on a denarius of Trajan with his portrait and part of the legend visible. Lustrous and lightly
toned. As struck. Nearly mint state.
$ 700
Purchased privately from H. Kreindler at the NYINC, December 1990.
Extremely Rare Irregular Issue ‘Trumpets’ Silver Zuz
196 Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (2.11 g), 132-135 CE. Irregular issue. 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), two upright trumpets, no dot between. (Mildenberg 252 (O45/R168); cf. TJC
278a; Hendin -, but cf. 1431 for the regular issue).
Extremely rare - only two specimens cited by Mildenberg.
Overstruck on a denarius of Hadrian. Attractively toned. Extremely fine.
$ 3,000
ex Dr. Jonathan A. Herbst Collection (Superior, 8-9 December 1995), lot 1308
ex NFA XXXII (10 June 1993), lot 245.