- Object Name:
- Coin
- Title:
- Zuz of the Bar Kokhba Revolt
- Place Made:
- Judea (Roman province)
- Date:
- 134/135 CE
- Medium:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Samuel Friedenberg Collection
- Accession Number:
- FBS 86
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During the Second Jewish War for independence from Rome, led by Simon bar Kokhba, Jews minted coins as a way to declare independence. The revolt was unsuccessful.
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