Lot 216
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.35 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), elongated lyre with three strings. (Mildenberg 177.2 (O22/R111; this coin); TJC 274; Hendin 1435). Very rare - only five specimens cited in Mildenberg, this being the one selected to illustrate the dies. Well struck and well centered. Lightly toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $600UP
Ex Shoshana Collection, part 1 (8-9 March 2012), lot 20478.
Ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part I (Superior, 5 December 1991), lot 201.
Ex J. Schulman 270 (23 June 1980), lot 2139.
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