LOT 196:
A Bronze Coin - Second Year of Bar Kokhba Revolt
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A Bronze Coin - Second Year of Bar Kokhba Revolt
A medium bronze coin, the second year of Bar Kokhba Revolt. Obv.: A palm tree with two clusters of fruit and Paleo-Hebrew insc. שמ[עון] (Shimon). Rev.: A vine leaf surrounded by insc. [שב ל]חר שיראל (year two of the freedom of Israel). The letters ש (Shin) and י (Yud) of ישראל (Israel) are exchanged. The letter י (Yud) is written upside down. 133/4 C.E. 9.2 grams, 28 mm, axis 12. For a similar example see: TJC 259a

