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Overstruck on a Legionary Denarius

CNG 97, Lot: 383. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz (19mm, 3.26 g, 7h). Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine; “Shim‘on” in Hebrew around / Palm frond; “for the freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 151 (O11/R71); Meshorer 281 (same obv. die as illustration); Hendin 1430 (same obv. die as illustration). Good VF. Overstruck on a legionary denarius of Mark Antony of particularly good silver. Rare die combination (only two cited by Mildenberg) and an extremely rare overstrike.


From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.