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Zuz - Simeon bar Kosevah Year Two
| Issuer | Bar Kokhba Revolt Administration |
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| Year | 133-134 |
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| Currency | Bar Kokhba Revolt ‒ Shekel (132-135) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a bunch of grapes with detailed pellet-cluster rendering, suspended from a vine branch with leaves extending to either side. The design is struck in high relief on a characteristically irregular flan, a product of the Bar Kokhba revolt's overstrike coinage practice. The grape cluster, a well-established Jewish national symbol, is rendered with bold, tactile granularity. A Hebrew inscription runs along the upper and lower periphery of the field, flanking the central device. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a tall, narrow jug or amphora — commonly identified as a lulav-associated vessel or a ritual ewer — rendered in profile with a pronounced handle visible to one side. The vessel is enclosed within a wreath border composed of twisted rope or olive branches, lending a formal, ceremonial quality to the composition. The Hebrew inscription is distributed around the central device within the wreath, reading in a circular arrangement. The reverse flan is irregular, consistent with the overstrike technique typical of Bar Kokhba coinage. The dotted border at the coin's outer edge further frames the composition. |
| Reverse script | Hebrew |
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