Lot 1208
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.24 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), fluted jug with handle on left; in right field, willow branch. Hendin 1395; Mildenberg 45 (O8/R22'); TJC 253. The host coin is a Trajan denarius, traces of the portrait seen on the obverse. Lightly toned. About Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $1,000 - 1,200
The Palm Desert Collection Ex Superior's Jascha Heifetz Sale II (10 December 1989), 2855.
Both the grape bunch and the jug with willow branch types of the zuzim of the second year of the Bar Kokhba War take their typological queue from the zuz issue of the first year, but invert obverse and reverse types. Also notable is the removal of the paleo-Hebrew legend naming Eleazar the priest and its replacement with an inscription naming Simon bar Kokhba.
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| Realized $2,400 |
