Triton XIX, Lot: 314. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (17.5mm, 3.37 g, 1h). Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (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). EF, toned.