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Zuz - Simeon bar Kosevah Year Three
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 134-135 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| 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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| Reverse lettering | לחרות ירושלם (Translation: LEHEROT YERUSHALAYIM (For the freedom of Jerusalem)) |
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Struck in Year Three of the Bar Kokhba revolt, this coin dates to the final, desperate phase of the uprising against Rome. By 134 AD, Hadrian had recalled Julius Severus from Britain specifically to suppress the rebellion — a measure that speaks to how seriously Rome took the resistance. The insurgents overstruck existing Roman denarii, and traces of the host coin frequently bleed through.
Year Three issues are scarcer than those of Years One and Two, produced as Roman encirclement tightened around Judean strongholds. The revolt collapsed in 135 AD with the fall of Betar.