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Lot 198

A Bronze Coin – Bar Kokhba Revolt

A medium bronze coin, Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-135 C.E). Obv.: A palm tree with two clusters of fruit and Paleo-Hebrew insc. שמ[עון] (Shimon). Rev.: A vine leaf surrounded by the insc. [לח]רות יר[שלם] (for the freedom of Jerusalem). Undated coin. 132/5 C.E. 8.2 grams, 27 mm, axis 12. For a similar example see: TJC 292