Simon bar Kokhba

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Bar Kochba silver Shekel/tetradrachm. Obverse: the Jewish Temple facade with the rising star, surrounded by "Shimon". Reverse: A lulav, the text reads: "to the freedom of Jerusalem"

Simon bar Kokhba () (died A.D. 135) was the Jewish leader of what is known as the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE, establishing an independent Jewish state of Israel which he ruled for three years as Nasi ("Ruler"). His state was conquered by the Romans in 135 following a two-year war.

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The Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132-135 C.E.) The Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132-135 C.E.) www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/revolt1.html - Web

Bar Kochba Bar Kochba www.livius.org/ja-jn/jewish_wars/jwar07.html - Web

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