Simon bar Kokhba (military leader and king of Judea, 132-135 CE)
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Simon ben Kosevah, known to posterity as Bar Kokhba (Hebrew: שמעון בן כוסבה; died 135 CE), was a Jewish military leader who led the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE. He reigned as an independent king for three years until the Romans regained Judaea.
Die Studies
| Item | Image | MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. | WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) |
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| Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba), silver, tetradrachms (tetrastyle facade/Iulav) (132-135 CE) | 
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Silver | 6,899 kg |
| Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba), silver, drachms (legend/jug) (132-135 CE) | 
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Silver | 3,457 kg |
| Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba), large bronze (inscription/amphora) (132-133 CE) | 
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Bronze | |
| Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba), medium bronze (palm branch/lyre) (132-133 CE) | 
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Bronze | |
| Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba), small bronze (vine leaf/palm tree) (132-133 CE) | 
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Bronze |
Overstriking coins
| Item | Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin | MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. | DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety |
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| 3119 - Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Hendin 1993) | 
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Bronze | 132 BC JL | 
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Overstruck coins
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Simon bar Kokhba 
| TypeType of authority. ᵖ | Person |
| Nomisma IDNomisma ID | simon_bar_kokhba_judaea |
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Literature
- Mildenberg 1984 (6 mentions)
- Hendin 1993 (1 mentions)
