Triton XVIII, Lot: 748. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (17mm, 2.81 g, 7h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). “Shim‘” (in Hebrew) within wreath / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right; “Y(ear) 2 of the Freedom of Israel” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 34 (O5’/R22); Meshorer 250a; Hendin 1391; Bromberg 140 (same dies); Shoshana I 20289 (same dies); Sofaer 55–6 var. (rev. legend); Spaer 207 (same obv. die). Near EF, toned, spot of deposit on reverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 75 (25 October 1999), lot 1356.