Triton XVIII, Lot: 756. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18.5mm, 3.60 g, 7h). Undated issue (year 3, struck 134/5 CE). “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) around / Elongated kithara; “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 174 (O22/R109); Meshorer 274a (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1435; Bromberg 199 (same dies); Shoshana I 20476 (same dies); Sofaer 126–9; Spaer 228–9. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, traces of undertype.