- Object Name:
- Coin
- Title:
- Sela of the Bar Kokhba Revolt
- Place Made:
- Southern Levant
- Date:
- 134/135 CE
- Medium:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Samuel Friedenberg Collection
- Accession Number:
- FBS 88?
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Simon bar Kokhba’s rebellion in Judaea was the last of three Jewish wars for independence from Rome. In all three, Jewish leaders minted coins as a way to declare independence.
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