CNG 94, Lot: 763. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.55 g, 1h). Undated issue (year 3 - 134/5 CE). “Shimon’” in Hebrew within wreath / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right. Mildenberg 80 (O14/R51´); Meshorer 283b; Bromberg 476 (same dies); Hendin 1418. EF, lightly toned.

From the James Fox Collection. Ex Christie’s New York (15 June 1987), lot 63.