289, Lot: 157. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (19mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Undated issue, but struck year 3 (134/5 CE). “For the freedom of Jerusalem,” grape bunch on vine / “Shim’on,” palm tree with two bunches of dates. Mildenberg 160 (O4/R10); Meshorer 302b; Hendin 739. Good VF, dark green patina under a layer of earthen deposits.