Coins of Bar Kokhba: The Temple Water- Drawing Ceremony and the Holiday of Sukkot

Abstract

It is generally acknowledged that many of the Bar Kokhba coins, and those of the fourth
year of the first Jewish revolt, depict types directly relating to the Sukkot festival. It appears,
however, that all Bar Kokhba coin types may suggest this holiday. Further, as a group, these
types may have more specifically referred to the Water-Drawing Ceremony, celebrated at the
Jerusalem Temple on that holiday.