Triton XVIII, Lot: 752. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.16 g, 12h). Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) within wreath / Two upright trumpets; “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 67 (O14/R39); Meshorer 376b (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1417; Bromberg 157 (same dies); Shoshana II 20379 (same dies); Sofaer 136 (same dies); Spaer 216 (same dies). Near EF, lightly toned, traces of undertype.