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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aethelred, post: 2614193, member: 81808&quot;]Here is a coin that ranks among my favorites and I have owned it for several years, but for some reason I have never photographed it....until now.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a silver Zuz (Denarius) issued by the Jewish rebels during the Bar Kokhba revolt which was crushed by Hadrian. The revolt lasted from AD 132-135 and this example was minted in AD 134-135 at an as yet uncertain mint. The obverse shows a bunch of grapes and the objects on the reverse are trumpets. The inscription on the reverse reads &quot;Freedom for Jerusalem.&quot; AD 135 marked the end of Israel as a nation until it was re-established in AD 1948. These were overstruck on Roman Denarii or Eastern Drachms, but in this case I cannot make out the undertype (if you have an idea please share).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wnccoins.com/BIB%20Zuz%20Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.wnccoins.com/BIB%20Zuz%20Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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