CLASSICAL COINS
IUDAEA
THE WAR UNDER BAR KHOKBA, AD 132-135
Silver Zuz ( denarius ), undated, attributed to year 3 = AD 134-135. AR 3.14 g. Hebrew legend Shimon within wreath. Rev. Hebrew legend: For the Freedom of Jerusalem . Cithara. Mildenberg 236, 130 (these dies). AJC II, 273, 55c (this obv. die). SNG ANS 560. Struck over a denarius of Trajan, part of the obv. legend legible on obv.Extremely fine

Provenance: Auction Stack's, New York 7 December 1989, 3220