A medium bronze coin (Dupondius), Bar Kochba Revolt. Obv.:...
A medium bronze coin (Dupondius), Bar Kochba Revolt. Obv.: Palm tree with seven branches and two clusters of fruit; below, Paleo-Hebrew inscription ' Shimon'. Rev: Vine leaf surrounded by the inscription ' for the freedom of Jerusalem'. The coin is undated.
132/5 C.E. 10.02 grams, 25¼ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 71, no. 292.
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A medium bronze coin (Dupondius), Bar Kochba Revolt. Obv.: Palm tree with seven branches and two clusters of fruit; below, Paleo-Hebrew inscription ' Shimon'. Rev: Vine leaf surrounded by the inscription ' for the freedom of Jerusalem'. The coin is undated.
132/5 C.E. 10.02 grams, 25¼ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 71, no. 292.