Triton XVII, Lot: 395. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.21 g, 6h). Undated issue (year 3, struck 134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine; “Shim‘on” in Hebrew around / Palm frond; “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 148 (O11/R60); Meshorer 281; Hendin 1430; Bromberg 507 (same dies); Shoshana I 20437 (same dies); Sofaer 133. Near EF, lightly toned, overstruck on uncertain type.