A silver denarius ('Zuz'), Bar Kokhba Revolt. Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew...
A silver denarius ('Zuz'), Bar Kokhba Revolt. Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription ' Shimon' in wreath. The letters Ayin, Vav and Nun chanced places. Rev: Lyre with three strings surrounded by the inscription 'for the freedom of Jerusalem'. Undated coin.
132/5 3.37 grams, 18½ mm, axis 1. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 69, no. 272a
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A silver denarius ('Zuz'), Bar Kokhba Revolt. Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription ' Shimon' in wreath. The letters Ayin, Vav and Nun chanced places. Rev: Lyre with three strings surrounded by the inscription 'for the freedom of Jerusalem'. Undated coin.
132/5 3.37 grams, 18½ mm, axis 1. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 69, no. 272a