The Bar Kochba Revolt

Triton XIX, Lot: 308. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (18mm, 5.37 g, 11h). Dated year 1 (132/3 CE). Grape bunch on vine with small leaf; “Year One of the Redemption of Israel” (in Hebrew) around / Palm tree with two bunches of dates; “Eleazar the Priest” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 147 (O1/R1); Meshorer 225; Hendin 1380; Bromberg 255 (same dies); Shoshana I 20244 (same dies); Spaer 256 (same dies). Good VF, gray patina under earthen deposits. Choice for issue.

From the Leonidion Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 221 (14 October 2009), lot 229.