Bar Kochba Revolt Coinage (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bar Kochba Revolt coinage were coins issued by the Jews during the Second Jewish Revolt (also known as the Bar Kokhba Revolt) against the Roman Empire of 132-135 AD. The leader of the Second Revolt was Shim'on (Simon) Bar Koseba, who was known as 'Bar Kochba', meaning 'Son of the Star', in reference to the Messianic expectations of the Jews found in the Tanakh: "There shall step forth a star (kochab) out of Jacob" (Numbers 24:17). Large quantities of coins were issued in silver and copper with rebellious inscriptions, all being overstruck over foreign (mostly Roman) coins, when a file was used to remove the designs of the original coins, such as the portrait of the Roman Emperor.