Lot 1577
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. Reverse: 'Year two of the freedom of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), upright palm branch. Hendin 1394; Mildenberg 41 (O8/R12''); TJC 248. Lustrous with delicate golden toning. Overstruck on a denariu of Trajan. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,500 - 2,000
The Brody Family Collection; Ex Jascha Heifetz Collection, pt. 2 (Superior, 9-10 December 1989), 2852.
The grape bunch of this zuz of the second year (133/4 CE) of the Bar Kokhba War derives from the reverse type of zuzim struck in the first year (132/3 CE). The willow branch reverse type may allude to the first year zuzim which featured a jug with a willow branch on the reverse.
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