Triton XVIII, Lot: 754. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.02 g, 1h). Undated issue (year 3, struck 134/5 CE). “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) within wreath / Elongated kithara; “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 130 (O19/R67); Meshorer 272c (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1429; Bromberg 182 (same dies); Shoshana I 20433–4 (same dies); Sofaer 123–5; Spaer 222 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, minor porosity, trace of undertype on reverse.