CNG 97, Lot: 365. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz (19mm, 2.72 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Grape bunch on vine; “Shim‘on” in Hebrew around / Lyre; “year two of the freedom of Is’l (sic!)” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 47 (O8/R27); Meshorer 242 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1396 (same dies as illustration). Near EF, toned.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.