Lot 110
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.17 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Simon', bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril. Rev. 'Year two of the freedom of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), upright palm branch. (Mildenberg 41 (O8/R12); TJC 248; Hendin 1394). Rare. Traces of the original provincial drachm of Trajan visible on the obverse. Lustrous surfaces and lightly toned. Superb extremely fine. Estimate $900UP
Purchased privately from D. Hendin, July 1988.
The grape bunch of this and the following two zuzim of the second year (133/4 CE) of the Bar Kochba War derive from the reverse type of zuzim struck in the first year (132/3 CE). The palm branch reverse type may allude to the first year zuzim which featured a jug with a palm branch on the reverse. This particular specimen is overstruck on a provincial drachm of Bostra under Trajan.
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