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Auction 39 10 January 2017
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ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.21 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 50.10 (O11/R29; this coin); TJC 248; Hendin 1394). Trace of undertype visible. Struck on a nice, large flan. Extremely fine.
ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part II (Superior, 10 December 1992), lot 463
ex El Fawar Hoard.
This zuz shows clear traces of a Roman imperial denarius of Domitian of AD 95/6 beneath its rebel types, illustrating the urgency with which the Bar Kochba coinage was produced. There was no time to re-smelt the coins of the hated Romans, but they had to be restruck quickly and thus imperfectly to keep up with the needs of the Jewish rebels.
Estimate: $ 1,000
(Mildenberg 50.10 (O11/R29; this coin); TJC 248; Hendin 1394). Trace of undertype visible. Struck on a nice, large flan. Extremely fine.
ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part II (Superior, 10 December 1992), lot 463
ex El Fawar Hoard.
This zuz shows clear traces of a Roman imperial denarius of Domitian of AD 95/6 beneath its rebel types, illustrating the urgency with which the Bar Kochba coinage was produced. There was no time to re-smelt the coins of the hated Romans, but they had to be restruck quickly and thus imperfectly to keep up with the needs of the Jewish rebels.
Estimate: $ 1,000