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Prutah - Simeon bar Kosevah Year Three
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 134-135 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A wreath of laurel or olive branches encircling a central upright palm branch (lulav), the wreath tied at the base with a binding knot. The Hebrew inscription LEHEROT YERUSHALAYIM (לחרות ירושלם), meaning 'For the freedom of Jerusalem,' runs around the inner perimeter of the wreath. The composition is a powerful nationalistic motif common to Bar Kokhba Revolt bronzes, rendered in the characteristic bold, irregular hammered technique of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | לחרות ירושלם (Translation: LEHEROT YERUSHALAYIM (For the freedom of Jerusalem)) |
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Struck during the third and final year of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, this prutah dates to a period when the rebel administration was losing ground rapidly against Hadrian's legions. The "Year Three" designation marks the last phase of Jewish autonomous coinage before Roman forces under Julius Severus systematically destroyed the revolt's remaining strongholds. Most Bar Kokhba bronzes were struck over earlier Roman provincial coins — the host coin's undertype occasionally bleeds through on poorly centered strikes, a quirk specific to this series rather than a grading concern.
The name "Kosevah" rather than the more familiar "Kokhba" reflects the contemporary Aramaic form; the messianic epithet Bar Kokhba, "Son of a Star," was applied later by Rabbi Akiva and preserved through Talmudic literature.