CNG 97, Lot: 379. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz (19mm, 3.52 g, 12h). Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). “Shim‘on” in Hebrew irregularly distributed in two lines within wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds / Lyre; “for the freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 117 (O18/R67); Meshorer 272c (same rev. die as illustration); Hendin 1429 (same rev. die as illustration). EF, lightly toned. Well struck.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.