Ancient Coins and Antiquities

Jewish Coinage, BAR KOCHBA REVOLT, Zuz (Denarius), undated (c. 134/5 CE), ‘Shimon’ within wreath, rev. ‘For the freedom of Jerusalem’, upright palm branch, top bent to the right, overstruck on a Trajan drachm, probably of Arabia standing left, 3.74g (Mildenberg 92; Gerstenfeld 365; Meshorer obv. as 118, rev. as 132; Hendin 166). Good very fine, traces of under-type visible £400-£600

From the Schlomo Gabbay collection.