Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, 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), upright palm branch. (Mildenberg 171 (O21/R96); TJC 272c; Hendin 1430). Overstruck on a denarius of Trajan with his portrait and part of the legend visible. Lustrous and lightly toned. As struck. Nearly mint state.

Purchased privately from H. Kreindler at the NYINC, December 1990.

Estimate: $ 700