Triton XVII, Lot: 396. Estimate $400. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (25mm, 10.08 g, 6h). Undated issue (year 3, struck 134/5 CE). Palm tree; “Shim‘on” in Hebrew flanking trunk / Vine leaf on tendril; “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 94 (O8/R58); Meshorer 292b (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1437; Bromberg 251 (same rev. die); Shoshana I 20501; Sofaer 152 (same dies). Good VF, earthen green-brown patina.