Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 231. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ 27mm (25.25 g, 12h). Dated year 1 (132/3 CE). “Shim’on Prince of Israel” in Hebrew in three lines within wreath / “Year one of the redemption of Israel” in Hebrew, amphora with fluted belly and two handles. Mildenberg 9 (O2/R4); Meshorer 220; AJC II 3; Hendin 677; Bromberg 559 (same dies). VF, green patina with patches of red and brown. Rare.