Triton XVIII, Lot: 753. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18.5mm, 3.72 g, 1h). Undated issue (year 3, struck 134/5 CE). “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) within wreath / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right; “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 80 (O14/R51’); Meshorer 283b (same dies as illustration [erroneously printed in retrograde]); Hendin 1427; Bromberg 476 (same dies); Shoshana I 20386–8 (same dies); Sofaer 115 (same obv. die); Spaer 217 (same dies). EF, lightly toned, traces of undertype.