CNG 103, Lot: 383. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (17.5mm, 3.38 g, 6h). Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) around / Elongated kithara; “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 205 (O24/R133); Hendin 1435. Good VF, toned, overstruck on an uncertain denarius.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection, purchased from Spink America.