Overstruck on Vitellius Denarius

CNG 94, Lot: 765. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 3.26 g, 7h). Undated issue (year 3 - 134/5 CE). Grape bunch / Kithara. Mildenberg 159 (O21/R67); Meshorer 274; Bromberg 193 (same dies); Hendin 1435. VF, toned, weakly struck over a denarius of Vitellius, RIC 107 (obv. legend: A VI[TELLIVS G]ERM IM[P AVG TR P], rev. legend [PONTIF] MAX[IMP]). Very rare with Vitellius undertype.

From the Dr. Robert A. Kilmarx Collection.