Lot 210
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.27 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 159 (O21/R67); TJC 274; Hendin 1435). Well struck on a wide flan. Lightly toned. Nearly mint state. Estimate $700UP
Purchased privately at the NYINC, January 2002.
The grape bunch and kinnor type combination of this and the following undated zuzim continue types first introduced for the silver denomination in the second year (133/4 CE) of the Bar Kochba War.
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