CNG 97, Lot: 382. Estimate $400. Sold for $677. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz (19mm, 2.81 g, 6h). Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine; “Shim‘on” in Hebrew around / Palm frond; “for the freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 150 (O11/R103); Meshorer 281 (same obv. die as illustration); Hendin 1430 (same obv. die as illustration). VF, toned, areas of weak strike. Overstruck on a denarius of Vespasian or Titus.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.