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Zuz - Simeon bar Kosevah Year Three
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 134-135 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central device comprising a large bunch of grapes with prominent rounded berries, pendant on a vine with curling tendrils and leaf elements visible at lower left and right. The bunch is rendered in high relief with a distinctly globular, stylized treatment characteristic of Bar Kokhba coinage. The Hebrew inscription SHIM'ON (שמעון) is distributed around the grape cluster within the border of the coin, reading across the upper field. The flan is irregular and shows the typical characteristics of an overstruck provincial silver coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | שמעון (Translation: SHIM'ON (Simon)) |
| Reverse description | Two priestly trumpets (hasosrot) depicted upright and side by side in the central field, rendered with elongated tubular shafts and slightly flared bell mouths at top and base. A small decorative element appears between the two instruments near the center. The Hebrew inscription לחרות ירושלם (For the freedom of Jerusalem) encircles the central devices, distributed around the coin's periphery. The die is struck on an irregular overstruck flan, consistent with Bar Kokhba revolt coinage practices of overstriking Roman provincial silver denarii. |
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