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Very Rare Irregular Issue Wide Trumpets Silver Zuz
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.19 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), two upright trumpets with dot between. (Mildenberg 200 (O24/R128); TJC 277; cf. Hen-
din 1431 (widely spaced trumpets).) Wide trumpets. Beautifully toned and lustrous. A spectacular coin!
Nearly Mint State.
$ 1,000
ex Sternberg XXXIII (18 September 1997), lot 229.
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.36 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), two upright trumpets, no dot between. (Mildenberg 162 (O21/R85); TJC 277; cf.
Hendin 1431 (dot between trumpets).) Portrait of Vespasian visible on reverse. Nicely toned. Extremely fine.
$ 800
ex Sternberg XXXIV (22 October 1998), lot 663.
This and the next zuz lot are notable for their divergence from the preceding undated trumpet issues in that they lack the usual
dot between the trumpets. The dot may not have been intended as a design element of the type, but was rather used as a centering
device when the engravers cut the dies. Here, the dot has been erased on the finished die, leaving no trace on the coin whereas on
other issues the dot was not removed.
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.23 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), two upright trumpets, no dot between. (Mildenberg 187 (O22/R121); TJC 277; Hendin
1431 variety (without dot between trumpets).)
Scarce - only eleven specimens cited by Mildenberg.
Nicely toned.
Extremely fine.
$ 800
Purchased privately from Superior, March 1989.