CNG 97, Lot: 363. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz (19mm, 3.55 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Grape bunch on vine; “Shim‘on” in Hebrew around / Lyre; “year two of the freedom of Israel” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 43 (O9/R25); Meshorer 240 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1393 (same dies as plated specimen). EF, toned.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.