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Lot 204

Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (2.98 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), fluted jug with handle on left; no willow branch. (Mildenberg 164 (O21/R89); TJC 286; Hendin 1434). Overstruck on a drachm of Trajan from Bostra, with both the portrait and the tail end of the camel visible. A remarkable undertype. Lot includes a matching Drachm of the host coin. Ideal for display. Both coins extremely fine. Estimate $1,000UP
Purchased from E. Waddell online sale, August 2003, lot 110.
An excellent study lot for the Bar Kochba zuz series, which was without exception overstruck on captured Roman imperial and provincial denarii and drachms. The lot includes a provincial drachm of Bostra struck under Trajan and an undated zuz attributed to the third year (134/5 CE) of the Bar Kochba War struck over a similar Bostra drachm of Trajan. Essentially a snapshot of small silver coinage in Judaea before (drachm) and after (zuz) the outbreak of the Bar Kochba War.

 
Realized $4,012



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