Triton XVII, Lot: 397. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (21mm, 7.89 g, 1h). Undated issue (year 3, struck 134/5 CE). Palm frond within laurel wreath; “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around / Chelys of six strings; “Shim‘on” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 33 (O2/R12); Meshorer 297b (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1436a; Bromberg 239 (same obv. die); Shoshana II 20291 (same dies); Sofaer 164 (same dies); SNG ANS 584 (same dies). Good VF, dark green patina, struck from clashed die with incuse Aramaic H on reverse (diagnostic for this die, cf. Mildenberg 33 Note).