CNG 109, Lot: 361. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18.5mm, 2.88 g, 7h). Jerusalem mint. 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 – (O22/R129 [unlisted die combination]); Kaufman I –; Kaufman II –; ; Meshorer 274; Hendin 1435. EF, lightly toned, a little off center. Extremely rare die combination.