Judea, Bar Kokhba Revolt (132–135), zuz (drachma), year 3 = 134/135, minted in Jerusalem.
Obv. Paleo-Hebrew legend (“Simon”), a bunch of grapes in three clusters, hanging from a branch.
Rev. Paleo-Hebrew legend (“For the freedom of Jerusalem”), two trumpets standing upright.
Silver, 3.34 g, 18.8 mm. AJC 60; Mildenberg 152 (O11/R85); Hendin 1431; TJC 277.
Condition II-, obverse struck on a Trajan drachma (RPC III 4073), legible traces of the original design (profile of the lower part of the emperor’s face next to the right trumpet on the obverse); very well-preserved, sound metal with a luster; the coin comes with an old certificate of authenticity from LIDERMAN in Tel Aviv
