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Lot 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). Ex-tremely 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. Estimate $1,000UP
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.

 
Realized $1,003



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