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<p>[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 8350538, member: 75496"]Nice addition of a <i>better</i> example than the plate coin, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]! That's an attribute which also gives it an attractive distinction. It's also nice to have the plate coin itself in one's collection as a special provenance. Zuzzim were produced by overstriking Roman denarii or drachmas, and the one below was a satisfactory example for me that has a special significance as being the plate coin for Hendin 1430 in his <i>Guide to BIBLICAL COINS (5th Edition). </i>It's unlikely that I would exchange this one for a slightly better example with no pedigree.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/bar-kokhba-zuz-png.1152507/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.25 g), 132-135 AD. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 AD). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril. / 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), upright palm branch. Hendin 1430; David Hendin Guide to BIBLICAL COINS, Fifth Edition, plate 40, (this coin illus.); Mildenberg 150 (O11/R103), 7 cited, this being #5. Portions of the undertype legend visible on obverse from the obverse of a Drachm, probably of Trajan and probably of Caesaria. The letters AYTOK can be discerned, these being part of the title AYTOKRATΩR - autocrat, dictator, tyrant, despot. Ex David Hendin Collection.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 8350538, member: 75496"]Nice addition of a [I]better[/I] example than the plate coin, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]! That's an attribute which also gives it an attractive distinction. It's also nice to have the plate coin itself in one's collection as a special provenance. Zuzzim were produced by overstriking Roman denarii or drachmas, and the one below was a satisfactory example for me that has a special significance as being the plate coin for Hendin 1430 in his [I]Guide to BIBLICAL COINS (5th Edition). [/I]It's unlikely that I would exchange this one for a slightly better example with no pedigree. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/bar-kokhba-zuz-png.1152507/[/IMG] [I]Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.25 g), 132-135 AD. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 AD). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril. / 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), upright palm branch. Hendin 1430; David Hendin Guide to BIBLICAL COINS, Fifth Edition, plate 40, (this coin illus.); Mildenberg 150 (O11/R103), 7 cited, this being #5. Portions of the undertype legend visible on obverse from the obverse of a Drachm, probably of Trajan and probably of Caesaria. The letters AYTOK can be discerned, these being part of the title AYTOKRATΩR - autocrat, dictator, tyrant, despot. Ex David Hendin Collection.[/I][/QUOTE]
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